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Originally Posted by dlphg9
With the additional $10 mil in cap space this, signing Chris Jones to a long term deal will be easy. Signing him to a 5 yr/$110 mil deal is completely doable and wouldn't handcuff us financially. The yearly cap hit could look something like this
Yr 1 - $13 mil
Yr 2 - $17 mil
Yr 3 - $26 mil
Yr 4 - $27 mil
Yr 5 - $27 mil
Keep it low in the 1st 2 years and then in year 3,4,5 it will probably look like a very good deal because contracts are about to go crazy.
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That’s great.
But are you taking into account the numbers of the Mahomes contract extension? How about the jumping cap numbers of Clark and Mathieu? The inevitable contract extension of Kelce (not a big jump, but will likely make him highest paid TE in league). So while you can make a Jones deal with low cap numbers the first 2 years, you still have to account for all the other rising caps numbers for those others.
That’s not even mentioning what we are doing at CB. I expect one high priced add there or a new contract for Fuller, which will likely be around $10 mil. annually.
Lot of factors to take into account when considering the Jones deal. Stuff I know Veach and his guys are already working on to see if it’s even possible.
I think it’s gonna hamstring us for a couple years if we resign him and I think Veach knows this. The question is does re-signing him outweigh what it’s gonna potentially cost us the next couple years? Likely roster depth and playmakers on offense, possibly an upgraded interior O-Line.
But I trust Veach so we’ll see what he does . . . . .