Players not currently counting against the 2020 cap:
DLaw
Dak
Zeke
Cooper
B.Jones
Jaylon
Starting 3-tech DT (when healthy) M.Collins
Starting 1-tech DT A.Woods
Starting RT
Starting SS
Starting Nickel (slot) CB
OverTheCap does not have Tavon Austin's contract in the system yet.
Also several key backups like Looney are not under contract for 2020.
If they did a pay as you go and charged each of the above players average to the cap, then 125M might not cover it.
Maliek Collins is a FA next year.
I believe Jaylon should be an RFA next year.
Just for estimates:
Dak $30m = $30m
DLaw $25m = $55m
Cooper $17 million = $72m
Byron $15 million = $87 million
5th year option on Zeke $10 million = $97 mllion
Jaylon 1st round tender RFA $5million = $102million
All the big contracts are taking into account AVG salary, with Dak and DLaw at extreme high amounts just for comparison's sake. Also doesn't take into account guys like Cooper and Byron will have lower 1st year cap hits due to signing bonuses.
I don't know what we do with Zeke, but 5th year + tag is going to be over $20m guaranteed, a second tag would push it to around $35m guaranteed. I'm just going to assume, for cap purposes, we take the 5th year option for now.
If Jaylon goes crazy this year, someone might want to trade a 1st for him. I don't know, but 1st round tender price is going to be 4.5-5m. Not too bad. We may want to lock him up sooner just to avoid insane inflation if we want to keep him long-term, but there's a lot of space to maneuver.
Really, worst case we're looking at about $25m in cap next year without any rollover or cap increases. Realistically, between those things and natural contract structures $40m in projected space is probably more what we're looking at.