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Theres every chance the 2nd year of Conklins deal is more than $14m on the cap.
Also, hindsight. This paragraph is full of hindsight.
The majority were happy with letting Conklin go 12 months ago, everyone recognised we needed more pass rush.
No one really beefed with letting Conklin go in order to chase pass rush in FA. Obviously it turned out very badly, and if he had his time again JRob would surely have either signed other pass rushers, or kept Conklin and drafted pass rush instead of Wilson. Probably the latter.
You could have the same conversation about every other team in the league over a 5-year period.
Full of hindsight? I stated that if JRob was contemplating using a 1st round pick on a RT he might as well kept Conklin. Turns out the strategy was exposed even more so because of the dud we took. I explained the odds are only 56% to start even with a first round pick. I also said I was fine with letting Conklin go and signing Kelly but not fine with letting Conklin go, signing Kelly AND still using a 1st round pick at RT. Ahhhh keep in mind that Clowney and Beasley were ONE year signings. Which mean even if they had solid years we are back to this scenario again with both of them as FAs. Which means we are still signing one of them or Dupree. Now we signed Dupree but still don't have an answer at RT unless Lamm is better than expected. Amazing how people will argue a totally screwed up strategy by JRob until they are blue in the face. It isn't about Conklin being a super man RT as much as it is about solidifying the spot so we don't have to worry about it (draft or FA) for a few years. We accomplished NOTHING at edge or RT by letting Conklin walk.
Oh, by the way Conklin's CAP hit last year on that deal was .... $8 mil. It is $13 mil this year. So do the math. Last year we saved a couple of mil on the CAP not signing Conklin, and this year we saved $5 mil ($4 mil to Lamm and $4 mil dead money for Kelly).