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Originally Posted by O.city
In terms of that, we could simply cut those big money guus, put rookies in there, and potentially get that same production.
That being the case, I'd rather keep a guy like houston who's just hitting his prime and move those older deals.
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At some point you have to make a tough decision on Eric Berry.
I don't think you can responsibly leave the guy on the roster at an $8.3 million cap figure. Nobody wants to be that guy but damn, you're a team with a cap crisis and a guy that will almost certainly not play in 2015 - you can't give him $5 million out of charity.
The Chiefs can clear about $36 million in cap through cutting Bowe, Hali, Berry, DeVito, Mays and Daniel. Hali's lost a step; I think Ford can give you what Hali would have this year. Bowe's ineffective in this offense. Berry...well there's that. DeVito was slowing 2 years ago; after a knee injury and with Bailey and Howard/Walker ready to play, I think you're fine there. Mays was a massive disappointment and can be replaced via the draft fairly easily, IMO. Daniel...yeah, you'll never convince me that a $5 million backup QB is a good idea in a cap league.
That's plenty of space to go out and give Houston a JJ Watt deal - you can even frontload it and make his contract an incredible long-term asset for the Chiefs after absorbing the sting in 2015.
But both sides have to be willing to play ball.