Current cap number:$147,380,333 Cuts: Bart Scott: Been a good run but too slow and time to go. Savings $7,150,000 Jason Smith: no brainer. Savings 12 million Sione Pouha: jets overpaid for him as a good locker room guy body has broken down. Savings $3,833,332 Tim Tebow: didn't really work out for us. Savings $1,531,875 Eric Smith: Antonio allen can do what he does for a lot cheaper.]Savings $3,000,000 Restructure: Calvin Pace: slow and overpaid but I think has another yea left in him and don't want to replace two olb's in the same off seaz restructure and pay him the amount of dead money if we were to cut him. win win. Savings $8,560,000 Total Cap Savings: 36,075,207 Cap money we can bring over from last year:3,600,000 2013 Salary Cap: 120,900,000 2013 Jets Cap after cuts and restructures: 107,705,126 Cap room: 13,194,874 Retire: Bryan Thomas: older than dirt Let Walk: Dustin Keller: was not a fan of his mini hold out and a luxary we cant afford Mike DeVito: petine will prob overpay to bring him into buffalo Laron Landry: would love to keep but don't have the cap room someone will overpay Chaz Shillens: a wr that cant catch Brandon Moore: time to get younger on the line Matt Slauson: would rather have vlad and draft pick man the guard slots that over pay for him .Shonne Greene: not a west coast offense guy need someone more versalit Lex Hilliard: soprano guy didn't impress me Isiah Trufant: would like to keep as corner depth someone will overpay ala drew coleman josh muaga: decent in spot duty but always hurt Resign: Yeremiah Bell: played surprisingly well for his age wont command much knows system. 1 yr 900 k Austin Howard: think he can start in this league another bargain bin resign.1 yr 1 mil Braylon Edwards: loves it here provides solid #2 wr for cheap . 1 yr 900k Jeff Cumberland: decent last year in absence of keller comes back to compete with draft pick for starting spot. 1 yr 800k Nick Folk: has been nothing but clutch 1 yr 700k Tanner Purdum: no complaints 1 yr 500 k Free Agents Matt Moore: think hes an affordable starting caliber nfl qb that will compete with sanchez and win the job. 1 yr 2 mil Corey Lynch: decent serviceable cheap good character guy who can start at SS. 2 yr 1 mil per. After resigning some of our own guys and a couple fas the rest of our 5 mil in cap room with have to go towards draft picks. Round 1:OLB Barkevious Mingo LSU: Will step in right away and start opposite pace at olb Round 2: RB Giovani Bernard UNC:Good fit for WCO can actually catch the ball out of the backfield and is our new starting rb. Round 3: OG Alvin Baily Arkansas: Great value in the third round another instant starter Round 4: TE Travis Kelsey Cincinnati: Versatile tight end that can battle Cumberland for the starting tight end spot Round 5: DE Lavar Edwards LSU: d end depth to make up for loss of devito Round 6: TJ Barnes Georgia Tech: 6'7 378 mammoth has a jet pedigree being Fred Baxters cousin. Round 7: T Braden Brown Brigham Young: OT depth UDFAs OT Luke Marquardt AZUSA: project/sleeper pick 6'9 FB Taimi Tutogi Arizzon: Versatile fullback could be a Jerald sowell type, short yardage back, good special teamer ILB Brandon Hepurn Florida a&m: ild depth Depth Chart QB: Moore, Sanchez, McElroy RB: Bernard, Powell, McKnight FB: Arizzon WR: Holmes, Edwards, Kerley, Hill, Gates TE: Cumberland, Kelsey, Reuland LT:Brick, Brown, Marquardt LG: Baily, Schlauderoff, Lanoldt C:Mangold, Schlauderoff RG:Vlad, Schlauderoff,Landolt RT:Howard, Brown. Marquardt NT:Ellis,Barnes,Harrison DE:Wilkerson, Coples, ILB:Harris,Davis,Bellore OLB: Pace, Mingo, Mcintyre SS:Lynch,Allen FS:Bell, Bush CB:Revis, Cromartie, Wilson, Lankster, Berry K:Folk P:Malone LSurdum I am against trading revis due to the fact I do not think we can get fair market for him. With this roster we get a lot younger rebuild and if Matt Moore has a decent year combined with getting revis and holmes back I think can make the playoffs at 9-7 while rebuilding and getting out of cap hell at the same time. With mo wilk, coples, and mingo we now have three guys that can get to the qb. Bernard at rb will add some firepower to the offense The fact that I didn't lock any FA's up long term and that I anticipate cutting sanchez and holmes in 2014 will put us in great position. The team will just need a qb which is easier said than done.
On Pace, if the Jets pay him the 3.013M dead money figure he still has a cap number of 6.026M this year. They save $5.5M by doing so but they are still screwed on the cap. They're going to need the entire $8.56M savings to skate by.
I agree with everything you have said (except the Mingo pick, would rather have Jordan or Ansah) if we were to stay with the picks we have. I would like to see us trade down in the first and still pick up an OLB in the teens. I think the Bengals take Bernard a couple of picks before us. If that happens, Andre Ellington is someone I like a lot. Especially if he's there in the third.
Mingo wouldn't start right away. He'd come in on obvious passing situations like Maybin. Then hopefully by the season's end Rex will have him able to play some OLB. He's a project. Mingo (like Ansah) looks more like a 4-3 end. Giovani Bernard would be great but he's the top RB prospect. Very good chance he wont be there in round 2. Like Alvin Bailey, I think 3rd round is the last round to get an OG good enough to walk in and start. Travis Kelsey would be nice addition. I've seen him mocked earlier so hopefully he'd still be available by then.