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  • CanadianBoltFan
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    #6721
    Originally posted by Bolt4Knob View Post

    Right!

    If Zeitler is your fall back plan after the likes of Trey Smith, Becton or Banks from SF - thats fine. But its a one year deal.

    I still like the idea of Trey Smith because with Alt on a rookie deal -- take advantage of that for a few years.
    I think more realistic than Smith is Becton, Banks and Hernandez as potential guard signings. I guess we get one of those 3.

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    • Chargers8491
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      #6722
      I don't think the 2025 cap is set yet is it?
      1) Cut Becton, Boz(ret), Dissly, DD, Fisk, and Dupree
      2) Re-sign Tart, Hand (4m), Phillips (5m)
      3) Sign the ERFA's Williams, Patterson, and Vidal (3m).
      4) Sign free agents Cole Strange (OG-1.5 m), Whyatt Teller (OG-10m), Luke Fortner (OC-6.5m), Brunskill (OC-vet min) Leo Chenal (LB-5m), Rashid Shaheed (WR- 14m), Cade Otten (TE-8m) Greg Dulcich (TE-3m), K'Lavon Chaisson (ED 9m), Myers (DT-7.8m), Alec Ingold (FB-6m), Hendrickson (ED-25m), Seumalo (OG-9m), AVT (OG). Jenkins (OG- 12m)

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      • wu-dai clan
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        #6723
        Originally posted by Chargers8491 View Post
        I don't think the 2025 cap is set yet is it?
        No. ~ $275mil atm. Look for it in February, I believe. Prior to start of free agency obviously.
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        • Chargers8491
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          #6724
          Originally posted by wu-dai clan View Post

          No. ~ $275mil atm. Look for it in February, I believe. Prior to start of free agency obviously.
          Yea that is what I thought. Thanks!
          1) Cut Becton, Boz(ret), Dissly, DD, Fisk, and Dupree
          2) Re-sign Tart, Hand (4m), Phillips (5m)
          3) Sign the ERFA's Williams, Patterson, and Vidal (3m).
          4) Sign free agents Cole Strange (OG-1.5 m), Whyatt Teller (OG-10m), Luke Fortner (OC-6.5m), Brunskill (OC-vet min) Leo Chenal (LB-5m), Rashid Shaheed (WR- 14m), Cade Otten (TE-8m) Greg Dulcich (TE-3m), K'Lavon Chaisson (ED 9m), Myers (DT-7.8m), Alec Ingold (FB-6m), Hendrickson (ED-25m), Seumalo (OG-9m), AVT (OG). Jenkins (OG- 12m)

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          • wu-dai clan
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            #6725
            Originally posted by Chargers8491 View Post

            Yea that is what I thought. Thanks!
            As per Popper...
            --last year Feb 23.
            --prior year Jan 30.
            League year begins March 12.
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            • Fouts2herbert
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              #6726
              Originally posted by Bolt4Knob View Post

              I think Hortiz will take advantage of getting comp picks where it makes sense. I also think he will say "screw it" if he can help the team more.
              I've said in previous posts that they might sign as many as 2 qualifying free agents, but that might be the limit in terms of how much money they have to spend on big contracts anyway, they will still set aside some of that available money to extend their own guys, plus Hortiz is always going to work the 3rd wave free agency after the draft, it's a Raven staple and we already got a dose of it last year, I think it's going to be more of the same with the exception of one or two big signings in qualified free agent market...my guess is that people expecting a bunch of high priced free agent signings are going to be disappointed this offseason, they are going to continue to look at guys that became cap casualty cuts because they don't hit the comp formula and they're going to look at guys later after the draft for that same reason too...

              This is what the Ravens do, they occasionally sign a guy like Henry in free agency but they always find a way to score comp picks, I expect the same from Hortiz....
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              • Fouts2herbert
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                #6727
                Originally posted by Chargers8491 View Post
                I don't think the 2025 cap is set yet is it?
                no it's not and if the last two cap increases are any indication, it'll be more than projected again due to the record gambling profits that the NFL is reaping right now...which means that the Chargers might have an extra 10-15 mil to play with that nobody is talking about right now...
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                • Steve
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                  #6728
                  Originally posted by Bolt4Knob View Post

                  The numbers for Higgins and Smirth aren't too low because they are cap numbers - not AAV.
                  They are because it is completely unrealistic to think in a tight a market as there is for them to accept backloaded contracts. the days of the backloaded contracts with huge portion of the money at the end is dying fairly fast. And there is a lot of demand for players of their caliber, unless the gaureentee part drives the AAV to something like $30 mill+, with a big fraction of it being guaranteed?

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                  • Chargers8491
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                    #6729
                    Originally posted by Fouts2herbert View Post

                    no it's not and if the last two cap increases are any indication, it'll be more than projected again due to the record gambling profits that the NFL is reaping right now...which means that the Chargers might have an extra 10-15 mil to play with that nobody is talking about right now...
                    Yeah, that is kinda what I was thinking. Last year it jumped like 10mil I think. I think the Chargers are going to have more cap space then we think which makes a couple of these high priced FA's more of a reality.
                    1) Cut Becton, Boz(ret), Dissly, DD, Fisk, and Dupree
                    2) Re-sign Tart, Hand (4m), Phillips (5m)
                    3) Sign the ERFA's Williams, Patterson, and Vidal (3m).
                    4) Sign free agents Cole Strange (OG-1.5 m), Whyatt Teller (OG-10m), Luke Fortner (OC-6.5m), Brunskill (OC-vet min) Leo Chenal (LB-5m), Rashid Shaheed (WR- 14m), Cade Otten (TE-8m) Greg Dulcich (TE-3m), K'Lavon Chaisson (ED 9m), Myers (DT-7.8m), Alec Ingold (FB-6m), Hendrickson (ED-25m), Seumalo (OG-9m), AVT (OG). Jenkins (OG- 12m)

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                    • eaterfan
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                      #6730
                      Originally posted by Chargers8491 View Post

                      Yeah, that is kinda what I was thinking. Last year it jumped like 10mil I think. I think the Chargers are going to have more cap space then we think which makes a couple of these high priced FA's more of a reality.
                      Everyone gets the same cap bump. Players will just sign for more than projected if the cap goes up by more than projected.

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                      • Fouts2herbert
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                        #6731
                        Originally posted by CanadianBoltFan View Post

                        I think more realistic than Smith is Becton, Banks and Hernandez as potential guard signings. I guess we get one of those 3.
                        I would not touch Hernandez, not much better than Salyer IMO, Banks I thought was decent coming out of college, but I haven't followed his development with the 49ers, Becton is a guy that comes with some risk, work ethic was questioned in NY and he's had a lot of injuries in his short career...
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                        • wu-dai clan
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                          #6732
                          There was a 14 point swing in point differential in '24.

                          With JK vs without.

                          We must have talent, depth and durability at RB.
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