Jerry: We can keep all three DTs

[Hawkeye0202]

 

[blueblood70]

I think he believes that now but it's going to take a heavy restructure and redo of Clarke contract we all know that there's no way they just roll with that contract the way it is...

Hey maybe Clark likes being here gives us a team friendly restructure or I don't know how they're going to do it but it hinges on Clarks participation does he want to compromise...

 

[Proof]

i mean i should hope so. q and osa are under contract for a few years lol

 

[fivetwos]

Yep. They’ve gotta find a way to keep Pickens also.

That guy is way better than I thought and is a key part of the recent success of the team.

Probably comes down to Jerry’s wish to win vs Stephens wish to keep the cap in order.

Sorry, but while we know Jerry wants to make his money, he also wants to win. Seems he has finally realized how valuable the DT position is. That’ll help.

If you’ve gotta use void years, or borrow from the future, whatever. This is the opportunity. It may take years to find to next QB. This year is probably shot but there’s a clear open opportunity for the next two if they do the right thing.

 

[Carson]

i mean i should hope so. q and osa are under contract for a few years lol

Yeah, Q and Osa will be back.

If they release Clark, it's for 0 dead cap. With his salary, I doubt that he is back or wants to take on a shared role.

 

[vlad]

i love how we went for like decades not giving a rat's *** about DT and now we're all in. Maybe one year we'll have like 5 starting caliber safeties. lol

 

[visionary]

Q and Osa are under contract
You redo Clark now for 2-3 years before he gets to the off season

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Q and Osa are under contract
You redo Clark now for 2-3 years before he gets to the off season

That or let Clark walk and use one of the first round picks for replacement. That way you go cheaper and younger

 

[blueblood70]

i love how we went for like decades not giving a rat's *** about DT and now we're all in. Maybe one year we'll have like 5 starting caliber safeties. lol

You know what I can't let that go I like to know a team that has 5 starting caliber anything at one position that's not how it works there's a depth chart for a reason and there's a roster limit and a cap nobody has five starting caliber safeties but nice try though to slip that in there..

Our safety room was pretty solid when Dan Quinn was here it was deep they were playing well and now they're aging out a little bit need to be replaced but we don't have the worst safety room in football and by the way also they drafted a few you never know they could develop soon..

but there was a time where Hooker, Wilson , along with Kearse, and great support from Bell and Thomas made solid S room.. I mean do you not remember they they were not a problem back when Dan Quinn was here just recently right now they're starting to need to be replaced but you can't have greatness at every single position that's not how it works.

Something a fan who plays too much Madden and has a fantasy football team thinks..

But there is some hope out there that They will draft another safety and then you got guys like AClark Can be developed and if Thomas can get rid of his migraines et cetera it'll be fine...

 

[blueblood70]

That or let Clark walk and use one of the first round picks for replacement. That way you go cheaper and younger

NO Say you lost me there no way you can use a resource at defensive tackle with very little draft picks this year they're going to keep reminding you that we have very little draft picks in the top four rounds..

This would not be a need it would also not be BPA you have a good tackle room if you look at if they end up having to allow Clark to walk you still have two guys starting caliber great defensive tackles you also have Solomon Thomas and Winfrey on the come up I mean you might be able to grab another guy for depth but no way you make it a top priority you literally need to target need where it crashes into VPA at safety or defensive end or outside linebacker maybe even corner long before you would ever consider getting in another defensive tackle in this draft...

 

[Cowboyny]

Keep saying Clark isn't going anywhere. They will restructure his contract and save close to 10 million against the cap. Having all three is the key to that 5 man line.

 

[JayFord]

Before or after you drag out their contract negotiations?

 

[Robster8989]

I'm happy to hear him lately, as he seems to have changed his tune a bit as it relates to the cap.
We can easily keep the team together, and even enhance it in FA.
There are ways to open cap space.
With Clark, I wonder if they might restructure and extend him.
His cap hit is 21.5 next year, and all of it can be saved if we cut him.
His deal was actually structured this way to make that a possibility.
I like Clark, but I don't like him at 21.5, so my hope is we restructure and extend at a fair market value (ST has his value at 10 mil).
The other option is to release him and then sign another vet. I've always thought Shelden Rankins or Shelby Harris (both UFAs) would be good vet additions at reasonable cost, which would keep DT a strength but allow us to allocate some resources elsewhere.
Osa's deal pays him big the first 2 years, then makes it easy to get out of after next season. So that's a plus for us, knowing we can get out of his deal if he's not playing like a 20 mil DT (which he hasn't so far). That may make keeping Clark easier knowing we can escape Osa's deal after next season.

The cap is exploding, and is projected to keep growing.
ST has next years Cap at 307 ( it was just 143 10 years ago, and we had a 2 year downward blip due to Covid). It's likely to hit 400 in just 4 years. The NFL is a cash cow.
We don't even need to go full Eagles on the cap, just some smart restructuring where it makes sense.
It's good to see Jerry speaking this way.

 

[Rayman70]

We can, but won't

 

[Ironicalicon]

Good to hear, I think. I was a little concerned they might not keep Kenny.

 

[Ironicalicon]

We can, but won't

I don't trust Jerry often but here I kinda do.

 

[jazzcat22]

Jerry says we can keep all 3 DT's, and keep George Pickens.

They have their work cut out for them.

Some reworked contracts. Increase in salary cap. It is possible. Other teams do it.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Yep. They’ve gotta find a way to keep Pickens also.

That guy is way better than I thought and is a key part of the recent success of the team.

Probably comes down to Jerry’s wish to win vs Stephens wish to keep the cap in order.

Sorry, but while we know Jerry wants to make his money, he also wants to win. Seems he has finally realized how valuable the DT position is. That’ll help.

If you’ve gotta use void years, or borrow from the future, whatever. This is the opportunity. It may take years to find to next QB. This year is probably shot but there’s a clear open opportunity for the next two if they do the right thing.

And Aubrey (though that may be a next year deal)

 

[Bigdog]

If we can't keep Clark ( I hope we do) there are some good DTs in the draft but I don't know how good they will be compare to Clark. The Washington kid from Oregon is very intriguing but with our track record of drafting DTs I just don't count on us picking a good one. I hope I am wrong.

 

[fivetwos]

Jerry says we can keep all 3 DT's, and keep George Pickens.

They have their work cut out for them.

Some reworked contracts. Increase in salary cap. It is possible. Other teams do it.

It’s time to give themselves a chance to win.

They have an opportunity to do so without major acquisitions…finally, keeping what they have is good enough….they just have to manipulate the cap correctly. I worry about Stephen being so conservative in that regard. Now is the time, but I don’t at all buy that the kid has a burning desire to win.