Looking at the 2023 offseason numbers

We're doom and gloom, I get it.
We hate michael thomas
We hate andrus peat
honey badger sucks
we have no QB

So let's just eyeball the numbers real fast.

Notable Free agent list:
Marcus Davenport (DE)
David Onyemata (DT)
Jarvis Landry (WR)
Andy Dalton (QB)
Shy Tuttle (DT)
Tanoh Kpassagnon (DE)
PJ Williams (S)
Deonte Hardy (WR)
Marquez Callaway (WR)
Blake Gillikin (P - RFA)
Rashid Shaheed (WR/KR - ERFA)

Cap situation: 54.95mil over the projected cap.

Moves that can't be made:
Cutting Maye or Mathieu: We're talking even post-june 1 eating 8mil dead cap a piece with 0 or 250k to gain.

Trading or Cutting Michael Thomas and Andrus Peat
- Yes, you want it. you can have it (post june 1)
- Saves 16.45mil, 11.8mil in dead cap for CGM
- Saves 11.825mil, 6.546mil in dead cap for Peat

Restructuring:
Marshon Lattimore - saves 10mil
Ryan Ramczyk - saves 10mil
Erik McCoy - saves 8mil
Alvin Kamara - saves 7mil

Those moves alone get you 8mil under the cap

Now the harder decisions/unlikely decisions:
Restructuring Davis (he's 34) but that would save 6mil
Extending Lutz can save 2mil
Trade/Post June 1 Cut Hill saves 9.9mil, 4mil dead cap
Trade/Post June 1 Cut Winston saves 12.8mil, 2.8mil dead cap


Honestly - we should rebuild this offseason in terms of getting something for those heavy contract players (Peat/Thomas) and keep the culture guys (Davis, Jordan) around unless they want to leave. We need draft capital and we need to hit some homeruns with these picks.