Ellerbe's Real Cap Savings
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Hows does it compare to just cutting him?
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On this deal, it's the same. Wallace would be different.
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Nice. Bring back Big Play Clay.
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And everyone thought we couldn't trade Ellerbe...smh
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IF Miami wanted to sign a player for $7M a year over 3 years, we could do that with just the cap savings from Ellerbe.
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Thanks for the cap info Southbeach! What are the savings for this year if we cut vs trade Wallace?
Money well saved
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Strange. Why didn't we just trade a third for stills? Were the saints really worried they'd lose out on ellerbe if he hit the open market? Or maybe they thought it would be better to restructure him rather than have to battle another team in FA? I guess I just don't quite understand how the game works.
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The SaintS wanted the draft pick. They must not have wanted Stills long term for some reason. But they also must have wanted Ellerbe, and I imagine your speculation (bolded above) is correct.
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They needed the LB, but even with a restructured deal they are going to have to cut others to make $$ room for him. Rumor is they are looking at their Guard, J.Evans as a possible cut candidate to save cap room. Mmmm???? I wonder if there's more to this than our FO originally planned ???
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I didn't realize 2016 and 2017 was such a large savings as well. Very impressed with what they pulled off today, impressive.