Cap Implications of Josh Norman

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Andre Roberts once healthy is probably the only move really needed.

But That Guy, Norman's cap hit in this first year is only $8M and he's got a $75M deal. If we want to keep Cousins, Reed, both WRs, Galette, and Baker, it is very doable. I was conservative in my estimates. I mean my assumptions here have Reed being franchised, which is as conservative as it gets. If they sign him to a long term deal the cap hit may only be $6M instead of $10M.

We're good.

i understand norman is only counting 8m this year, but year 2-3 count for a total of 37m. when you count in the ~15m you spend every year on roster fill signings, it seems like logically in the long term plan, at least one big deal probably has to go to keep any kind of flexibility. there's also a chance baker REALLY breaks outs too, but i guess the whole exercise is fraught with speculation.


if someone does have to go, pg is the most replaceable and jg has the highest chance of either not showing enough or asking too much. I'm assuming culliver/roberts will end up going, and lavau or lichtensteiger are also candidates for release.

I do appreciate the work, it'll be interesting to see how it plays out. the season, like you said, can end up making some of these decisions pretty easy as far as who stays and who doesn't.