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I'm not trying to shit on anyone's parade but you just have to look at the mathematics and reality of the situation in some way and realize it's just not overly feasible to keep both Sneed and Jones. You can only back-end so much money in reality on a deal. You can only ignore so much when it comes to the other FAs you have to sign/re-sign.
I posted already that you can get 28.7 by fullying pushing Mahomes' 35.9m roster bonus into signing bonus (1/5th will still end up on this year's cap). If you keep Jones, you just ate up the bulk of that. So basically, call that Jones + 2024 In-Season Operating Cash.
Everything else you do from that point is reliant upon the cap space you already know that you have, which is approximately 24m + 12m for cutting MVS. Now, maybe you can manage something with Omenihu and pick up around 5m there. You aren't gaining much in probably much of anything else you do and then there are things you just don't want to do like pushing money with Thuney or Kelce.
Now, a segment of the money you have is going to sign your draft class. Right now our rookie pool is 8.3m with a top-51 valuation somewhere around 2.8m So let's just call a minimum of 3m is going to be added to our cap liabilities so now you are at about 33m in space.
You have 5 ERFAs and you usually keep those because they are cheap. So take off 4.5m for those guys. You're at 28.5m.
You have 19 other UFA/RFA players. Every UFA pretty much costs 1.1m or more. If you are counting our draft picks to take over some of those spots, then you need to sign 13 players, at least. That automatically has you down to 14m in remaining cap IF you were only signing vet min guys to fill those 13 holes. Now, we all know you aren't going to spend only vet min on every single one.
So, how are you finding a way to fit one of the best CBs in the league in there? The truth is, you're probably not. Sneed would have to take a massive first-year discount on his contract and backload the deal. Essentially he'd be making his signing bonus this year. What do you think his odds are of upping that if he hits the market? I bet they are more than good.
You aren't franchising Sneed either. That hit is 18.4m.
It's keep Jones or keep Sneed and maybe bolster some other spots a bit more. You have to pick your poison. It's really that simple.
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