agarcia34 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 17 hours ago, big_palooka said: Question...... are the Raiders a playoff team in 2021? Right now no, but I can’t answer what’s gonna happen in the next 3 months to change that. Best answer would be N/A 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agarcia34 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 The madness of FA starts in a month.. can’t wait 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_palooka Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 2 hours ago, agarcia34 said: The madness of FA starts in a month.. can’t wait I'm feeling luke warm currently. The big name guys always get tagged or resigned. The ones like Watt who will move teams will land with a competitor. The guys who end up hitting FA are there for a reason. There isn't a lot of "impact" players in that group that the team needs to truly transform the defense. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agarcia34 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Think this year we will see a lot less franchise tags cause of teams salary cap situations and just a lot more better players available due to the cap. 16 teams got 6 million or less in salary cap space. That’s a lot of players who we maybe wouldn’t see get cut get cut. I always enjoy FA especially that first day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 1 hour ago, agarcia34 said: Think this year we will see a lot less franchise tags cause of teams salary cap situations and just a lot more better players available due to the cap. 16 teams got 6 million or less in salary cap space. That’s a lot of players who we maybe wouldn’t see get cut get cut. I always enjoy FA especially that first day Going to be more interesting this offseason for the reasons you stated. Teams will be forced to make some tough decisions with the change in salary cap. Might see a wave of really good/great talent hit the FA market because of it. It's already happening with K. Short and JJ Watt. Not the best guys, but guys that can have an impact in the right system and what not. Tougher choices will be made on better players, that's what I'm looking forward to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrOaktown_56 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 2 hours ago, big_palooka said: I'm feeling luke warm currently. The big name guys always get tagged or resigned. The ones like Watt who will move teams will land with a competitor. The guys who end up hitting FA are there for a reason. There isn't a lot of "impact" players in that group that the team needs to truly transform the defense. I disagree. Because of teams cap trouble this year, a lot of intriguing names could hit the market. I do think there won't be many impact DL. You have to draft or trade for those guys. Someone online floated Johnathan Allen. I could get behind that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drfrey13 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Best part of the cap going down is that we have a lot of players with zero or close to zero dead cap. We can remain very flexible when it gets crazy. Also we might be able to steal away a player or 2 in a trade when a team is willing to except anything instead of cutting a player. Might be wise to sit on our hands for the first week. When 2nd and 3rd tier guys start to get desperate and we can sign guys to short contracts with small guarantees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakdb36 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 8 minutes ago, oakdb36 said: Might as well enjoy that one year rental in Vegas. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agarcia34 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 (edited) I think that logic makes a lot of sense, but there is a lot of risk for these big name players to take one year deals and the biggest risk is a major injury. Edited February 18, 2021 by agarcia34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyGlove Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Looking at DTs. I'd be looking to trade Mariota for one of Washingtons I'd imagine ot would be Tim Settle. Also interested in Adam Butler from New England and Roy Robertson-Harris from the Bears. Think the is value there 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humble_Beast Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 57 minutes ago, OnlyGlove said: Looking at DTs. I'd be looking to trade Mariota for one of Washingtons I'd imagine ot would be Tim Settle. Also interested in Adam Butler from New England and Roy Robertson-Harris from the Bears. Think the is value there crazy how much DTs they have, what about MM and a 4th for J Allen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyGlove Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Humble_Beast said: crazy how much DTs they have, what about MM and a 4th for J Allen... Not sure they'll accept that but I'd take it. Got to get some DTs that don't get dominant every game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jerry Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Below is a list of teams in "salary cap hell." There are some FAs I believe we should really go after. I also listed some potential cut/trade candidates we should go after as well. Philadelphia Eagles Expected salary cap: -$47.2 million Cut/Trade candidates: Fletcher Cox, Brandon Graham and Javon Hargrave. Los Angeles Rams Expected salary cap: -$22.4 million FAs: S John Johnson III, Cut/Trade candidate: DT A'Shawn Robinson Atlanta Falcons Expected salary cap: -$35.7 million FAs: S Keanu Neal New Orleans Saints Expected salary cap: -$63.6 million FAs: DE Trey Hendrickson, DT Sheldon Rankins Cut/Trade candidates: LB Kwon Alexander, CBs Janoris Jenkins, and Patrick Robinson Kansas City Chiefs Expected salary cap: -$19 million FAs: CB Bashaud Breeland and WR Demarcus Robinson Cut/Trade candidate: OT Mitchell Schwartz Pittsburgh Steelers Expected salary cap: -$19.5 million FAs: OLB Bud Dupree Cut/Trade candidates: CB Joe Haden and G David DeCastro I posted this list purely for conversation. I just want to hear what everyone thinks and who other posters would like to go after. There are many more teams that may cut some players and plenty of players that will test the market due to the salary cap adjustment. I just saw these teams as being the most likely to struggle with resigning their talent and having to make some trades/cuts to manage their cap. So these players IMO are more likely to hit the market during the upcoming FA period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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