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mhughes0021
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i hate that after every single player gets cut i see a thread saying we should go after him. But we should go after Maclin lol!
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Get Startedi hate that after every single player gets cut i see a thread saying we should go after him. But we should go after Maclin lol!
Likely too expensive. Lions have about $10mm in cap room, but Maclin was making about $9.75mm per on his last deal.
Unless he's willing to take an enormous pay cut, it would be much wiser to use that money on signing some extensions.
And why do you think he got cut? Not for "lack" of production.... Because he was getting paid entirely too much FOR that amount of production... Solid player but did not light it up to where he was worth that 10 mil. He is FOR SURE taking way less to play for a team this year 100%
http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/miami-dolphins/ndamukong-suh-6511/
Suh is 19.1 million cap hit this year. 26.1 next year at the age of 31. 31 is when we added Ngata in 2015. 28.1 million for Suh at 32 years old, 22.375 million at 33 years old. Suh will be costly the next four years. They restructured him last year already adding 4 million to every other year after 2016.
Damn, just look at those cap numbers for Suh.
https://overthecap.com/player/ndamukong-suh/1816
If they pay him, they are screwed. If they cut him, they are screwed.
2020 is the only real year they can do anything. They take a 4 million dollar hit to save 18 million.. there is no way they don't do that. But prior to that, you lose so much money cutting him, you can't pay the replacement, plus additional money rolls over into each subsequent year.
Just think guys... for six million less... this could have been our nightmare.
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