re: NFL Cap Situations

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Multi thread battle royale!

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Instigators, all of you.

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Since you keep side stepping the actually discussion I'll ask again. Where would you rank these guys in terms of scheme fit? Or just in general what do you think of each guy?

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I'll answer this even though it has nothing to do with what I'm saying. I think Vilma doesn't fit at all. Too small, too slow.

I think Harper may be a good fit, but that's assuming Ryan uses him the way everyone is saying.

I think Will Smith is the best fit. I don't think he should start over Hicks and Jordan, but I think people are looking the wrong things when judging how he would fit. Yes he often went wide on his rush, but he wouldn't do that in this defense unless it was some kind of stunt or something with the OLB coming inside.

But in my opinion, Will Smith is a big, strong guy and has a good bull rush. These are traits that could be useful in his transition to a 3-4 DE. Plus, he played this position plenty under Gregg Williams, and he played some DT last year, which also transitions well to playing 3-4 DE.

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Also, who is out there at SS(not FS) that is a better box safety than Harper?

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That's not really the point. It's a hypothetical situation looking at all the options. But, what if they draft Vaccaro? You have this guy who is potentially better than Harper, but they are screwed because if they release Harper now, they take that entire cap hit because they already released Vilma and Smith.

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and until someone shows the Harper cut numbers, it seems you would save more by cutting Vilma.

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Harper and Vilma would save the same amount if released. Both would save 6 mil.

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Just because you think someone will take a cut doesn't mean they will

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For the however many times I've already said this, I never said they will take the cut. I never said to you what I think they should do or will do. Again, all I'm doing is throwing out a bunch of different options.