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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
The Browns cleared salary cap space by turning Watson's cap hit up to 11 for the next 3 years; $64 million/season for the next 3 seasons. With that cap charge AND Garrett on the books, they can't afford Jones.
And they're not gonna trade for him to play for a single season, especially when a supposed unwillingness to play on his current deal has him sitting anyway.
The Browns aren't a realistic option, nor does his cap hit this year matter a ton given that he'll be traded to a team where he'll sign an extension and lower that hit anyway.
There are maybe 20 teams in the league that can realistically trade for him - the Browns don't appear to be among them.
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I hadn't looked at them on Over the Cap... but yikes. Max restructures on Watson and Garrett and cutting Cooper gets them under the projected 2024 cap, but only barely.
They have very little flexibility as a result. Not many cap savings options beyond those three moves.