So many of Patriots nation thought the Pats were going into free agency with a lot of cap room. Few of us realized how many valuable Patriots were going free agent. The team is sitting around a projected $43 Million and they have a lot of players to resign and draft picks to pay. Here is a list of players the Patriots could cut or trade to increase the salary cap room. Doing so would save the Patriots about $16,635,974 before adjusting for dead cap.
Corners: Jason Mccourty and D. Ross.
Defensive linemen: D. Wise and B. Cowart.
Backer: D. Rivers
Running Back: R. Burkhead
Safety: M. Gant
Offensive Lineman: K. Cunningham
Tight End: M. Lacosse
Wide out: G. Olszewski
Quarterback: C. Kessler
The Patriots should also work to ask wide out Sanu to take a $2 Million dollar pay cut.
This won't solve all the salary issues going into 2020 but it will make them manageable. The Patriots are going to lose key free agents and fan favorites. That is inevitable and we as fans must prepare for it, instead of freaking out like we do every year. We must also prepare ourselves that we could see Brady try to break the team to get paid and be allowed to walk.
Like with Gronk when Belichick signed Austin Seferian-Jenkins and Ben Watson to answer and fill the hole for Gronk, Bill will sign someone to replace Brady but will they stick around and will they contribute.
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