Yeah Kam is almost certainly done, but I'm pretty sure he'll be on IR next season as I read he gets $11 million or something along those lines as long as he's on the team, he wisely got some injury protection in his contract so ad long ad GE doesn't retire they got to pay him.
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The defense is going to see some changes but they are in a good position to get younger, free up some cap space and be a top defense again.
First I think they should sign Maxwell to a 2 or 3 year contract, he clearly is perfect for this system and struggles anywhere else, which teams are aware of so he's not going to get any big offers elsewhere again. They can get him fir relatively cheap.
Shaq
Sherman
Maxwell
Coleman
McDougald
Earl
Because Shaq, Coleman and McDougald are on rookie contracts I think they can afford to keep all these guys. They only really have to pay Sherm and Maxwell.
Coleman and Maxwell can play nickle packages and fill in for Sherm/Shaq when injured. That's great depth.
Shead is the only question mark here. They might value him more than Maxwell but to me Maxwell is the better player and we still don't know how good he'll be after his injury.
Same could be said for Sherman I suppose, they could try to cut ties with him too and free up $11 million if he's traded. 30 years old, one year left on contract coming off big injury. I don't see that happening though, I think he's too talented and too important to this defense to let go.
Offense, I have no idea what they're going to do. If Cable and Bevell both return I doubt they get much better though. It's time for new minds with the offense.
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The defense is going to see some changes but they are in a good position to get younger, free up some cap space and be a top defense again.
First I think they should sign Maxwell to a 2 or 3 year contract, he clearly is perfect for this system and struggles anywhere else, which teams are aware of so he's not going to get any big offers elsewhere again. They can get him fir relatively cheap.
Shaq
Sherman
Maxwell
Coleman
McDougald
Earl
Because Shaq, Coleman and McDougald are on rookie contracts I think they can afford to keep all these guys. They only really have to pay Sherm and Maxwell.
Coleman and Maxwell can play nickle packages and fill in for Sherm/Shaq when injured. That's great depth.
Shead is the only question mark here. They might value him more than Maxwell but to me Maxwell is the better player and we still don't know how good he'll be after his injury.
Same could be said for Sherman I suppose, they could try to cut ties with him too and free up $11 million if he's traded. 30 years old, one year left on contract coming off big injury. I don't see that happening though, I think he's too talented and too important to this defense to let go.
Offense, I have no idea what they're going to do. If Cable and Bevell both return I doubt they get much better though. It's time for new minds with the offense.
