The Patriots should not spend more than $15,000,000 on a player this offseason and should only give out two big contracts. If the Patriots set aside five million like I suggested, that would leave them at $58,973,455.
According to spotrac, JJ Watt is going to want around $16.6 million for 2021. Most of the top pass catchers are going to want $10-$15 million. Say the Patriots sign 2 guys and pay out $25 Million. That would leave the Patriots with $33, 973,455. The Patriots could then sign 6 average guys at $5 million a pop or 13 players at $2.5 million.
Now as much as I like JJ Watt and some of the other guys, the Patriots should try to sign guys who max out between $8-$9 million. We know Belichick knows how to scout. Look at the number of veterans Belichick has brought in and hit on, on low end salaries. Danny Shelton and Nick Folk were his last dumpster finds.
$63 million and some change, rounded up to $64 million sounds like a lot but that all depends on how much Belichick and the Patriots spend on each individual player. I have always been against a single player making more than 15 percent of the team's salary, and would prefer not to have them pay more than 10%. I am typically against free agents taking up more than 15% of a team's available cap space, again preferring to stay around 10% per player or less. Barring circumstances like low cap, my opinion will never change.
My ideology for the salary cap means that teams have to know how to scout and coach players, both off and on the field. With exception to the last three seasons at receiver and tight end, the Patriots under Belichick have had no issues at any position doing that.
Which is why, if Belichick is going to spend big on a player or two, those are the areas he should put the money into. Give me a team full of versatile number twos over a handful of number ones. As long as the skill sets are balanced, any team should be able to win games. Providing they have coaches that can coach.
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