Feverdream
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Assuming that we sign Linsley and draft Sewell... (unlikely, but let's game this out).
Jackson has 4 more years under our control, as do Hunt and Kinsley. Linsley would likely sign a contract for no more than 4 years (no matter how many fake years were at the end of the actual contract), so he's retiring as the others come due. That problem solved.
As far as Hunt/Kindley go, or Jackson/Sewell... it would probably be a situation where we signed one...and let the other walk... just as teams always do. Indeed, if instead of two tackles and two guards, if we had one of each, a RB, and a WR... we'd likely still let two of them walk.
This whole... you're gonna have a cap problem is just not an issue... it's almost laughable how little sense this argument makes. Even if all four of them became pro-bowlers... (we would have enjoyed those Super Bowls) the keep/let walk ratio in the NFL is at-best 50%, and smart teams (like the Patriots) have always let their good, but not great players walk. The dumbest thing you can do is try to keep them all. That's what the Saints did... and you can see how that worked out.
Jackson has 4 more years under our control, as do Hunt and Kinsley. Linsley would likely sign a contract for no more than 4 years (no matter how many fake years were at the end of the actual contract), so he's retiring as the others come due. That problem solved.
As far as Hunt/Kindley go, or Jackson/Sewell... it would probably be a situation where we signed one...and let the other walk... just as teams always do. Indeed, if instead of two tackles and two guards, if we had one of each, a RB, and a WR... we'd likely still let two of them walk.
This whole... you're gonna have a cap problem is just not an issue... it's almost laughable how little sense this argument makes. Even if all four of them became pro-bowlers... (we would have enjoyed those Super Bowls) the keep/let walk ratio in the NFL is at-best 50%, and smart teams (like the Patriots) have always let their good, but not great players walk. The dumbest thing you can do is try to keep them all. That's what the Saints did... and you can see how that worked out.