Is this Marcus Maye final year ?

It’ll probably just be Maye’s last year as a starter. We have the safety depth to move on but it’d make more sense cap wise to let him play out his final contract year as reliable depth.

We want to avoid piling up high dead cap. Maye would be a post-June 1 cut, probably during preseason cuts if he’s released.

His dead cap is 8.5M before June 1 vs. 2.4M post June 1. 8.5M dead cap is deducted from available cap space if he’s released before June.

A March restructure for cap room eliminates the possibility altogether.
He has non-guaranteed base of $7mil plus a $500k roster bonus and $2.4 mil in prorated signing bonus. That brings him to around a $10mil cap number. We can move off of him for just the signing bonus dead money and save $1.5 mil on the cap and just go with Howden. He misses too many game to restructure him to keep him here. Especially since his contract voids in 2025 anyway.