Depends. Teams only have a couple June-1 pre designated cuts, so potentially there is a second waive that good have some good names. You can also do some things with "gentleman's agreements" for post June FA signings before June 1.
But I read here he’s a bum
Yes, you can designate 2 players as June 1 cuts, but they are not actually cut until after June 1. A team has them on the roster until June 2nd. There is no salary cap releif until the players come off the roster on June 2nd.
Bingo.
When they cut Zeke, they saved half of the base up front.
This is 100% inaccurate.
https://www.profootballnetwork.com/nfl-post-june-1-designation-what-why-and-how/
So no, if they cut Dak tomorrow and designate him June 1, they don't get $29MM in cap savings (his base salary) tomorrow. They have to carry that through until June 1 on their books.
Yes but that benefit doesn't come until June 1.
Whatever...they will clear the money easily between Tank and Martin. It's a non issue. Dak will get restructured or extended. Instant cap space. Steele probably gets restructured, Donovan WIlson likely too. That all comes right away. Some guys will get cut....Rush, LVE...and I would imagine Cooks will just be a regular cut, not a June cut. We get more space this year if he is a June cut, but with all the other ways to get money, might as well get him off the books now.
O course, thats clearly part of this. They are going to have to do other things to get under the cap by March 15th and then sign early FAs if they are really going to be aggressive. But Cooks and Gallup as June 1 cuts, isn't going to help either of those things.
Does this mean they will extend Dak by March 13 to make some room?
It would seem likely they would have to do something with Dak by the start of the league year.
Tank and Martin are in the last year of their contracts. If they are restructured, that money will be dead money in 2025. We can't just ignore how much we are dumping into 2025 as if it will never come. They already have $25 million for Dak in 2025. Tank and Zack would have to be extended to get responsible CAP relief. I don't doubt they will but there are some people that think Zack is done or close to it. extending him pushes the problem out another year or 2.
I think there is a better than 50-50 chance both Lawrence and Martin get extended. Now some will freak out at that but both are still quite productive with no real threat of some sort of cliff fall off here. Tack on a couple of years, not a bad move.
I would probably extend them It is a risk, but I think if they want to go all in this has to get done.
I would keep Cooks, but I think there is no reason to keep Gallup around.
Probably. But I think Gallup was still recovering from his injury, though could been partly from mental thinking not to reinsure it.
Perhaps. Just got a lot of money tied up at receiver and I just don't see a path forward where Gallup doesn't become a cap casualty.
So...the issue is....are you going all in or are you doing more of the same? If you are going all in, you do with the idea that you will have a couple years where you are going to have to rebuild. Doing more of the same is what we have done for the last 28 years. How has that worked out?
