Cuts are coming at -25mil cap space, so choose your poison!

With free agency coming and our cap being upside down... time to start talking about cuts.

We have to clear 25.3 to zero out and not pay the penalty and we have to clear another 15+ to do much in FA... let's also not forget the rookie class carries it's own number, so damn we have a lot of shaving to do. Likely, will see some relief from contract restructuring, and I'm not shy to do that for DK or Geno and possibly Lockett.

Info via Mynorthwest.com

WR Tyler Lockett

2024 cap number: $30,895,000

Cap savings if released: $17,000,000

Hurts but between age and that number. I'm cutting Tyler and to find something in the draft while leaning on Bobo.

OLB Dre’Mont Jones

2024 cap number: $25,645,418

Cap savings if released: $11,572,500 pre-June 1; $16,510,000 post-June 1

-Would cut or trade(if possible). The question is can we wait for june 1 to grab that extra 5 mill back? It's going to add up.

OLB Uchenna Nwosu

2024 cap number: $21,168,333

Cap savings if released: $8,151,666 pre-June 1; $14,660,000 post-June 1

I'm not scared of his injury bug... we saw how that knee happened last year and that's not build of athlete. I like Uchenna, but we did see Hall and Mafe(Oates) look very competent. The other thing is that Mike clearly prefers to have some Red Bryant sized edges (both Raven's string 1 & 2 were 290lb guy). This class has a few of that type.

Again the 6mil for waiting to cut looks appealing as would be a trade package piece that accomplishes more than a FA signing. Uchenna can set an edge, though, and a restructure could make things more palatable.

TE Noah Fant

2024 cap number: $13,410,000
Cap savings if released: $8,910,000
Glorified receiver... the rook looked good... full cut for 9 mill.

S Rayshawn Jenkins

2024 cap number: $7,780,000

Cap savings if released: $5,280,000

I'd cut based on performance alone. It looks like several quality Safeties in the draft that will be there through the first 5 rounds.

DT Roy Robertson-Harris

2024 cap number: $6,600,000

Cap savings if released: $6,600,000

Who dat? haha I forgot he even got traded for. Cut

OT George Fant

2024 cap number: $5,650,000

Cap savings if released: $3,800,000

Might be intriguing to keep considering the need for backup OT and that he could be a TE again in some jumbo packages that fit in with Kubiak's plan. Keep

K Jason Myers

2024 cap number: $6,825,000

Cap savings if released: $3,075,000 pre-June 1; $4,950,000 post-June 1

Myers is good every other year and making over 5 mill cut his ass post June and go get Ben Sauls as a rookie in undrafted FA or even in the 7th if you have to.

If you keep Fant and Nwosu you end up with about 54mil off the books or 19 to spend on FA

This article from 12th Man Rising has a pretty straight forward approach and we keep Tyler.