Byard a June 1 cap casualty?

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  1. Titanoiler51

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    I am not sure if this has been discussed, but if we cut Byard after June one, we save around 12 mill in cap space this year. I am pretty sure that this year we can find equal talent at a much lower price after June 1. What are your thoughts on this possibility?
     
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    Yeah why not cut henry too. Will save a bunch of money
     
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    Dumb. Waiting for intelligent replies.
     
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  10. TitanMark

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    I don’t think they will because of a few reasons... I disagree on finding equal talent for a lower price. I think you are basing your judgement of him on last season which is a mistake. It’s 1 year. Byard is a Top 10 NFL safety. He is only 27. He is very good. The entire defense played poorly last season. So I know some people hate to hear this, but COVID mattered and affected some players or teams more than others. Lack of a pass rush and injuries had players out of position and with no real leadership the defense was a mess. That’s on Vrabel.

    I also don’t think you are correct on his cap hit. His salary escalates and is fully guaranteed oddly enough, TODAY. His dead cap is $17.1million. He isn’t going anywhere, But I surely could be wrong about this.

    I think Byard will be a pleasure to watch again now that we have the makings of a great pass rush.
     
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    I hope you are right on his talent assessment. And if you are, cutting him would be a mistake.

    on the dollars, I am using over the cap which has his current cap hit at 15 mill but dropping to 3.3 mill after June 1. So maybe that site is just wrong?
     
    #5 Titanoiler51, Mar 21, 2021
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    From this link his contract is not fully guaranteed: Kevin Byard

    Show 70 mill with 31 mill guaranteed.
     
    #6 Titanoiler51, Mar 21, 2021
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    https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/tennessee-titans/kevin-byard-19013/


    Read that and see if my old eyes are reading it correctly. Looks like it says down towards the bottom that his salary is fully guaranteed for 2021 on 3-21-2021. They restructured him last season.
     
    #7 TitanMark, Mar 21, 2021
  22. Aqutis30

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    I agree with this and hope you are right about Byard. At times last season, he looked like he forgot how to play football. Lots of factors beyond him.
     
    #8 Aqutis30, Mar 21, 2021
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    No way. With a good pass rush byard will have more opportunities to get picks. He did really well picking qbs under pressure until this year when we had no pressure
     
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    Oh, you are saying just for this year. Sure, but that is not how the cap works. If we cut him June 1 he still gets the money for the year, but our cap hit drops from 15 mill to 3 mill. So we are talking about different things.
     
    #10 Titanoiler51, Mar 21, 2021
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