First attempt - pre-combine Bring back QB Case Keenum as QB Coach Cuts (+~$10M) RB Joe Mixon (+$8.5M) WR Justin Watson (+$1.75M) Restructures (~$46M) WR Nico Collins (+$12.8M) Edge Danielle Hunter (+$15M) CB Derek Stingley Jr. (+$11.4M) LB Aziz Al-Shaair (+$7.6M) possibly TE Dalton Schultz (+$8.3M)??? These four restructures + 2 cuts = ~$80M in cap space Let Walk RB Nick Chubb RB Dare Ogunbowale * RB Damon Pierce (waived) KC WR Braxton Berrios TE Harrison Bryant IOL Laken Tomlinson (waived) IOL Ed Ingram (gets 4 years, $48M from another team) Texans not willing to go above $10M AAV; this is just a guess Edge Darrell Taylor (waived) NEP Edge Derreck Barnett * IDL Foley Futakasi * IDL Naquan Jones IDL Kurt Hinish * LB Christian Harris * CB Myles Bryant * SAF Jimmie Ward SAF MJ Stewart * SAF K'Von Wallace * * = signed by another team Trade away WR Christian Kirk (after 6/1) (+$8.6M) (to LV or NYJ for conditional 2027 pick) C Juice Scruggs (for Corey Trice Jr.) Re-sign (~$44M) ERFA IOL Jarrett Kingston ERFA CB Ja'Marcus Ingram TE Brevin Jordan (1 year, $1.72M) OT Trent Brown (1 year, $4M) IDL Denico Autry (1 year, $8.5M) IDL Tim Settle (2 years, $14M) IDL Sheldon Rankins (1 year, $10M) LB EJ Speed (1 year, $5M) LB Demone Clark (2 years, $4M) SAF Kevon Mayweather (1 year, $1.5M) P Tommy Townsend (1 year, $4.1M) becomes highest paid punter in NFL by $100K Trade for (potentially) OL Brandon Coleman (WSH) CB Cory Trice Jr. (PIT) * OL Elgton Jenkins (GB) * (+$4.8M) Pack are going to cut him b/c of his cap # + decline; could be this year's Ingram & was pretty good in 2024; center is his natural position; trade 2027 6th for 2027 7th QB Jacoby Brissett (AZ) Practice Squad Swipes (pretty sure we don't snag any of these) T Logan Brown (SEA) CB Miles Battle (NEP) RB Pierre Strong Jr. (GB) G Kingsley Ebukam (DET) IDL Timmy Horne (TN) LB Brandon Smith (SFA) Potential Free Agent Targets ($14M) QB Malik Willis (GB) RB Breece Hall (NYJ) RB Isiah Pacheco (KC) RB Rachaad White (TB) Offer = 3 years, $18M $6M SB, $9M gtd Year 1: $5M = $3M (gtd) + $2M SB Year 2: $6M = $4M + $2M SB Year 3: $7M = $5M + $2M SB TE Isiah Likely (BAL) TE Daniel Bellinger (NYG) (3 years, $12M) $6M SB TE Austin Hooper (NEP) TE Noah Fant (CIN) TE Kyle Pitts (ATL) likely franchised OT Ryan Van Demark (BUF) (RFA) OT Josh Jones (SEA) OT Joseph Noteboom (BAL) IOL Conner McGovern (BUF) prolly re-signs for something like 4 years, $60M $28M SB, $42M gtd *IOL Chris Paul (WSH) from Htown (3 years, $22.5M) $12M SB, $15M gtd Year 1: $3M (gtd) + $4M SB = $7M Year 2: $3.5M + $4M SB = $7.5M Year 3: $4M + $4M SB = $8M IOL Ezra Cleveland (JAX) IOL Cole Strange (MIA) *IOL Cade Mays (CAR) prolly gets something like 4 years, $50M, $20M SB, $30M gtd IOL Ben Cleveland (BAL) IOL Matt Hennessey (SF) IOL Dylan Parham (LV) IOL Ricky Stromberg (CHI) IOL Ben Brown (NEP) RFA ?? Edge Samson Ebukam (IND) Edge Joseph Ossai (CIN) Edge Josh Paschal (DET) (2 years, $6M) LB Willie Gay Jr (MIA) LB Leo Chanel (KC) LB Troy Andersen (ATL) CB Kindle Vildor (TB) CB Robert Rochell (CAR) CB Asante SamuelJr. (PIT) CB Tavierre Thomas (MN) S Kyle Dugger (PIT) SAF Nick Cross (IND) SAF Tycen Anderson (CIN) SAF Jon Owens (CHI) bring Mr. Biles home! Draft Trade 1-28 + 2-59 to DET for 1-17 1-17 RB Jeremiah Love, Notre Dame Trade 2-38 + 3-69 to NEP for 1-30 + 4-125 + 2027 4th + 6-189 1-30 IOL Olaivavega Ionae, Penn State Trade 4-106 + 4-128 + 2027 3rd to WSH for 3-70 3-70 LB Jack Golday, Cincinnati 4-125 TE Sam Roush, Stanford Trade 5-165 to NYG for 6-190 + 6-191 6-190 NT/IDL Cole Brevard, Texas 6-191 S/LB Kendal Daniels, Oklahoma 7-243 WR Chris Hinton, LSU [PS] 2026 - 2027 Roster QB Stroud // Mills // Mertz RB Love [1] // Marks // Jordan FB Brooks X-WR Collins // Hutchinson Z-WR Higgins // Slot WR Noel // Dell (?) Y-TE Schutlz // Jordan (?) F-TE Bellinger^ // Roush [4] // Stover [IR] LT Ersery // Fisher LG Paul^ // Kingston C Jenkins+ // Andrews RG Ionae [1] // Patterson RT Howard // Brown* LDE WAJ // Paschal^ LDT Rankins* // Autry* // Edwards Jr. RDT Settle *// Togiai // Brevard [6] RDE Hunter // Horton LB Al-Shaair // Speed* // Hansen LB Golday [3] // To'o-To'o // Clark LCB Stingley Jr. // C. Trice Jr. + RCB Lassiter // T. Smith NCB Pitre // J. Smith SAF Bullock // SAF Reed // Daniels [6] K Fairbairn // P Thompson* // LS Brinkman * = re-signs ^ = FA signings + = trades [ ] = draft pick + round Got $~$20M-ish in space (so some of restructures don't have to happen)
Always looking forward to @jch1911 doing this. Hopefully most of what you put together works out. Thanks!
I appreciate that....but other than calling the draft of Coleridge & the trade up to draft WAJ... I am hardly - IF EVER - right.. lol
