Cap Implications of Josh Norman

[Schneed10]

Who is on the 2017 roster, and where are the holes?

Defensive Line:

DL
DL Ricky Jean Francois
DL Stephen Paea

Depth: Trent Murphy

Players up for Free Agency: Chris Baker, Kendall Reyes, Ziggy Hood, Kedric Golston

This group obviously needs a ton of investment. I think we all know McCloughan will come out of the 2016 draft with a DL capable of starting by 2017, if not two of them.

Baker will be 29 next year. What do you do? Impossible to call it now, but let's just assume they resign him for a cap hit of $5.0M (a slight raise). The other departing guys are vet min types, so it's a wash as to whether you replace them with draft picks or resign them.