Fla Cowpoke
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The Eagles do have some cap issues....they have $22m in space and cutting Slay will add around 4.5m but won't come until June when you are picking off the scrap heap.
They don't have much room to restructure because they take the opposite approach that we do.
For free agents they have Zack Baun, Mekhi Becton, Josh Sweat, Milton Williams, Isaiah Rodgers, and Avonte Maddox. They only have Dean at LB so Baun is almost a must resign. They have a great OL coach and system, so they likely will let Becton walk. You would think they would want to resign either Williams or Sweat. Losing two of them would be a big loss. Rodgers and Maddox were their 4th and 5th corners so with Slay getting cut they need a starter and depth.
Spotrac and OverTheCap give their predictions...from figures talked about in the media it seems Spotrac is closer to reality in regard to values although there are some discrepancies. Most of the free agent predictions have Osa and Milton Williams rated very close to each other, but Spotrac predicts $21m average for Osa and only $12m for Williams. I just can't believe there will be that much difference in their deals...overall their career stats are pretty close. Spotrac has Baun at 10m per year, which also seems low compared to other LBs. Sweat is listed at 19m a year.
Adding their rookie pool will take some of their cap, and say they resign Baun, Williams or Sweat, and Rodgers. That is going to put them near the cap before June 1st when they get the minimal savings from Slay's deal. It seems like they are going to have a hard time doing much outside of signing some of their own.
They don't have much room to restructure because they take the opposite approach that we do.
For free agents they have Zack Baun, Mekhi Becton, Josh Sweat, Milton Williams, Isaiah Rodgers, and Avonte Maddox. They only have Dean at LB so Baun is almost a must resign. They have a great OL coach and system, so they likely will let Becton walk. You would think they would want to resign either Williams or Sweat. Losing two of them would be a big loss. Rodgers and Maddox were their 4th and 5th corners so with Slay getting cut they need a starter and depth.
Spotrac and OverTheCap give their predictions...from figures talked about in the media it seems Spotrac is closer to reality in regard to values although there are some discrepancies. Most of the free agent predictions have Osa and Milton Williams rated very close to each other, but Spotrac predicts $21m average for Osa and only $12m for Williams. I just can't believe there will be that much difference in their deals...overall their career stats are pretty close. Spotrac has Baun at 10m per year, which also seems low compared to other LBs. Sweat is listed at 19m a year.
Adding their rookie pool will take some of their cap, and say they resign Baun, Williams or Sweat, and Rodgers. That is going to put them near the cap before June 1st when they get the minimal savings from Slay's deal. It seems like they are going to have a hard time doing much outside of signing some of their own.
