It is pretty clear Gettleman is clearing out some of the legacy contract that have limited what we can do going forward.
Our 2020 salary cap is looking very healthy. Eli, Vernon, Beckham etc will be completely off the books.
From overthecap:
Total Cap Liabilities: $96,124,361
Top 51: $96,124,361
Team Cap Space: $103,875,639
Offense: $53,654,465
Defense: $41,809,896
Special: $660,000
This needs to have the Peppers and Bethea contracts included, however, neither will have a huge impact.
We will likely have enough room to have a sustainable roster going forward and plenty of options next year.
Add into that, it is possible guys like Ogletree and Zeitler re-work their deals. The Giants could have 130mil + next year.
But....FA is not how you build a team....
Stop posting crap.
Most of his guarantee was in the form of his yearly salary which Cleveland has to take on. Only thing that really mattered was his signing bonus which I believe was only 4 million.
I hate the DEAD BS... It is just cap numbers.. Whether he is here or not that money was counting against the cap. The Giants made a move for very specific reasons and got a decent return for him.
Instead of being mad at DG and others, many here should be mad at themselves for demanding OBJ be signed long term. OBJ is the reason things are the way they are now. He is the one that let the organization down by getting his deal and being kind of an ass afterward in that interview (that clearly pissed off Shurmur who went to bat for OBJ and management), the constant bullshit on cramps (I don't see Julio Jones, AB etc cramping week in and week out) and then missing that last quarter of the season with a questionable injury...
I hate the DEAD BS... It is just cap numbers.. Whether he is here or not that money was counting against the cap.
Hate it all you want, but this is a simple concept to grasp.
If he's here, you're getting top 5 production. If he's not here, you're still paying that bill, and getting nothing. The draft pick you got in trade gets a separate salary. The money matters. This isn't baseball.