Originally Posted by
Mojouw
Of course that has been the long running speculation. And it is almost certainly true.
But if one desired to really carve out some cap space, you would have to start looking at Haden, Heyward, Nelson, and Tuitt. Alternatively, you could look at Ben R, Pouncey or Decastro. After those names, the team really isn't paying anyone a great deal of money. And if you take a look at things moving forward, the defense projects to be the "spendy" side of the ball. Nelson, Tuitt, Heyward, Dupree or Hargrave, Watt, Bush, Fitzpatrick, and Edmunds all either are currently or project to be guys who get paid a ton to play NFL football.
I just have never got the argument that "cap space" is a great thing to just have lying around. Teams that have cap space usually have it because their roster stinks. They failed at drafting and developing guys worth paying. So now they are forced to pay inflated FA prices for other teams cast offs. I would far rather be "capped out" every year. It, likely, means my team has drafted well and has a core of talented players to build around.