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When it came out this week that superstar defender Myles Garrett was requesting a trade, fans immediately got giddy over the idea of adding him to our team. Garrett, who handled his trade request like a true professional (unlike how a San Francisco star did over the spring), showed up in New Orleans and hit Media Row at the Super Bowl venue to address his request.
If you didn’t know the impact quarterback Jayden Daniels has already made on this football team, just listen to a player of Garrett’s magnitude speak about the possibility of playing with the rising phenom.
Bill did a nice job laying out the Commanders cap situation in his article on Monday. I’ve since used this article to have discussions with fans on social media who, 1) Don’t like the information presented; and 2) Believe that we can still create close to $100M with cuts and re-structures.
My discussions centered around re-signing our own players, unrestricted free agents (like Garrett and Tee Higgins), targets in the draft, and having some money left over to get us through the season.
Below are the players most fans want to see us re-sign. Next to their name I gave an estimate of how much they could potentially get in a new contract from Washington.
Total Estimated Cap Hit: $32-34M
From Bill’s article, I’m assuming we have $60-65M in effective cap space. This is taking into account money needed to sign our draft picks and any undrafted free agents and allowing at least $5M in contingency to go into the season with. What this number does not take into consideration is cuts, re-structures or contract extensions.
Potential Re-Structures and Extensions:
Re-structure
*2025 Cap Hit - $12M ($10M cap savings)
Extension
*2025 Cap Hit - $14.5M ($11M cap savings)
New Cap - $50M (estimate)
After removing the cost to sign the Commanders draft picks (which could also change from the below scenario) allowing at least $6M for contingencies/injuries, factoring in the proposed cap hit for re-signing some of our own players, and adding in the savings for re-structuring Jonathan Allen and extending Terry McLaurin, Washington would have around $50M to spend on other team’s free agents or trade targets.
Myles Garrett is one of the best defensive players in the NFL. Make no doubt about it - he will positively impact any team he’s on. However, there is a steep price that any acquiring team will pay for his services.
First, trade compensation will have to be given to the Browns. They don’t want to let him go, but if the deal is right, it very well may be in their best interest to do so. The...
