re: So is Fleener now a no go for a cut?

Looking at post-June 1st cuts...cutting Fleener would save 3 mil & cutting Hooman would save 1.6 mil. Just looking at those numbers...I think it's very likely that Hooman gets cut as long as we add a TE in the off-season. People might want to start accepting the fact that Fleener will be playing here in 2018. As some people have stated already, we don't really have any leverage to force him into take a paycut anymore.

I'd be very surprised if our TE's next year weren't Fleener, Hill, & a new TE (either F.A. or the draft). Only way we keep Hooman is if we strike out on all our targets in F.A. & the draft imo.

Fleener is probably gone in 2019 though. He has a cap # of 9 mil. We save 7.4 mil by cutting him, & only take a dead money hit of 1.6 mil (this is also pre-June 1st). Fleener would have to have a really big year in 2018 to not get cut in 2019.