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[mrcompletely11]

36 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

That's not necessarily the case and it would also be unwise to just eat a $31.5 mil cap number. The way it is structured, it was intended to be extended.

not really, we are going to pay that one way or another and no sense adding more time and money to the back end

[BeenPounding]

11 hours ago, Ricky Spanish said:

Icky is having a great year and played better at LT than Christensen.

Mayes at C over Christensen is the headscratcher to me.

I could see a few reasons for the move:

1. Icky is just coming back from being out 2 weeks.  BC had been replacing him at LT and Mayes has done a fine job at center.  IF Icky has to come out, sliding BC in at LT again keeps continuity. 

2. The odds of us resigning Mayes at a cheap(er) rate is much higher than retaining BC.  TBH I don't think anyone truly knows what BC's market will be next season.  We have roughly 12-13 million of cap space opening up if we let go of Yosh and Corbett.  (4 mil and over 8 mill respectively) If we can retain both Mayes and BC for that amount I'd be ecstatic.  I'd still draft a developmental swing tackle from a power 5 conference.

 

[thunderraiden]

31 minutes ago, BeenPounding said:

I could see a few reasons for the move:

1. Icky is just coming back from being out 2 weeks.  BC had been replacing him at LT and Mayes has done a fine job at center.  IF Icky has to come out, sliding BC in at LT again keeps continuity. 

2. The odds of us resigning Mayes at a cheap(er) rate is much higher than retaining BC.  TBH I don't think anyone truly knows what BC's market will be next season.  We have roughly 12-13 million of cap space opening up if we let go of Yosh and Corbett.  (4 mil and over 8 mill respectively) If we can retain both Mayes and BC for that amount I'd be ecstatic.  I'd still draft a developmental swing tackle from a power 5 conference.

 

Corbett is not on the roster next season and BC is an amazing asset to hold on to.

[kungfoodude]

2 hours ago, mrcompletely11 said:

not really, we are going to pay that one way or another and no sense adding more time and money to the back end

It makes more sense for us to extend him 1-2 more years with a reasonable cap hit. It's a win-win.

[kungfoodude]

41 minutes ago, BeenPounding said:

I could see a few reasons for the move:

1. Icky is just coming back from being out 2 weeks.  BC had been replacing him at LT and Mayes has done a fine job at center.  IF Icky has to come out, sliding BC in at LT again keeps continuity. 

2. The odds of us resigning Mayes at a cheap(er) rate is much higher than retaining BC.  TBH I don't think anyone truly knows what BC's market will be next season.  We have roughly 12-13 million of cap space opening up if we let go of Yosh and Corbett.  (4 mil and over 8 mill respectively) If we can retain both Mayes and BC for that amount I'd be ecstatic.  I'd still draft a developmental swing tackle from a power 5 conference.

 

I suspect BC will be in the $4-7 mil a year AAV.