Get Mike Williams Signed To a New Contract Now

[Parcells]

If Williams thinks he’s worth $20 million a year, just franchise him. He’ll want the four year deal over getting tagged. So getting it done for around 16-17 million a year should be doable. If he can’t stay healthy next year, he’s still getting another year. If he sucks for two straight years, you release him and still probably come out ahead compared to franchising him.

Also, I went back and forth on Palmer this year, but at this point I’m cautiously optimistic that he might be able to step in and replace KA in a couple years.

[Velo]

Resign MW. He earned it. We’ve let too many guys go who we should have kept and rather than create more holes need to add to plug the ones we already have.

I think you've said this already, but it can't be said enough. Yes. Yes. Yes. This is 'zactly why we need to resign Big Mike.

[Heatmiser]

Better O-line will make Ekeler really shine. He is so slippery that instead of making DL miss, he will be making safeties miss and getting chunks

I watched some Natrone highlights. Really took me back in time. He had a great line and lot of holes and then he would really, really punish the second level guys. ANd he had a head of steam hitting those holes at 245 lbs. He was a very special player. Worth your time to watch if you are too young to have seen him play.

TG

[jamrock]

Resign MW. He earned it. We’ve let too many guys go who we should have kept and rather than create more holes need to add to plug the ones we already have.

[Bolt4Knob]

But we are talking about Telesco here... he will wait on Bulaga to get healthy.....

The one thing about Bulaga - he is due a roster bonus on the 3rd day of the new football calendar in the amount of $2.5m

So unless they push that back - he is likely to be released. He might even retire

[Bolt4Knob]

Allen has three years left on his contract.

After next season, he has a cap number of 21.7M with 5.4M of dead money. Thus, cutting him frees up 16.3M of cap space. After that season (going into 2024), he has a cap number of 25.8M, 2.7M in dead money, and thus cutting him saves 23.1M in cap space.

Unless Keenan manages to have the two best seasons of his career in 2022 and 2023, he will not be playing 2024 under his current deal. There is a real chance he won’t be a Charger come opening day 2023.

Thanks for the clarification - and yes the Chargers really can't do anything until after the 2022 season. And based on his 2021 season, he can still play

So maybe get MW signed to a long term deal - backload it so that if you adjust KA down the road, Mike Williams can get paid more down the road

[Caslon]

At this point I’m buying the idea that Williams and Herbert have chemistry which adds to Williams’ value for the Chargers. Let’s go ahead and get him resigned. It’ll be more cap friendly to do that than it will be to franchise him.

Continuity! Give Herbert a break (at wide receiver position). Took awhile…four years, MW now a 1,000+ yrd. receiver for the Chargers. Pay the man! Be like a Jerry Jones. 13 mil over the cap. Whatever it takes! Build! Now. Keep Williams! Work on defense. Get the best cornerback at #17. Go FA big time to stop the run. This time…do better at picking older FA talent. TT has had some bad luck at FA. Thank gawd for TT’s Slater draft pick. Oh…btw…Dump Murray. Get a conditional 7th rounder for the guy. Seriously. Cut your losses.


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[Parcells]

At this point I’m buying the idea that Williams and Herbert have chemistry which adds to Williams’ value for the Chargers. Let’s go ahead and get him resigned. It’ll be more cap friendly to do that than it will be to franchise him.

[Caslon]

A money saving replacement for Williams is still gonna take a receiver probably 2 years to even approach MW’s past season stats. Keenan Allen lucky choices are rare. I’m gonna hate on TT if he takes the attitude that a suitable receiver will do in order to upgrade some other position. After seasons end next year, TT’s ass is gonna be on the line. He best remember that before he goes tweaking currently well manned player positions, no matter the cost.

[Parcells]

He has a lot of guaranteed money left currently. But after this year, I believe there is only 5.4M of guaranteed money. And after 2023, that number is 2.7M.

Next year will be very telling with where he’s at and what they want to do.

[Stinky Wizzleteats+]

Personally, I think they will first ask to restructure his deal to say $12 mill a year if he has another season Like this year. If not, saving $16.4 million starts to look attractive even after next season.

How much of his salary could be converted to bonus money. If he keeps having 100+ receptions a year he will keep getting paid appropriately for that production or at least he should.

[gzubeck]

Allen has three years left on his contract.

After next season, he has a cap number of 21.7M with 5.4M of dead money. Thus, cutting him frees up 16.3M of cap space. After that season (going into 2024), he has a cap number of 25.8M, 2.7M in dead money, and thus cutting him saves 23.1M in cap space.

Unless Keenan manages to have the two best seasons of his career in 2022 and 2023, he will not be playing 2024 under his current deal. There is a real chance he won’t be a Charger come opening day 2023.

Personally, I think they will first ask to restructure his deal to say $12 mill a year if he has another season Like this year. If not, saving $16.4 million starts to look attractive even after next season.