2025 salary cap expected to be 5-10 million higher than previous estimates (merged)

St. Widge said

I just don't see putting last year's team on the field with a few lower priced free agents, draft picks, and a QB you think has higher upside as not giving it all to win. That is unless you consider the soft reset they have done the last few years as not trying to win. Frankly, I think that was the plan for this year anyway and moving on from Carr would not change it. And, frankly, it might give Moore additional money and flexibility to fix the roster next year if we aren't using as much cap space on Carr. So I think the question is do we want two years of a soft reset or do we want to pull the Carr bandaid off this year while doing a soft reset and then be done with soft resets next year?

I'd prefer to get it over with this year so we can look to get more competitive next year rather than being in soft reset mode for two more years.

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Or you can look behind door #2, and field mostly the same team with a new draft class that includes a number 1 pick, new coaches, legitimate competition at QB, health, and more than $40m we can create in cap space for this off-season without cutting anyone.

Push it to 2026, then in 2026, push it to where you have a ton of space parked parked in 2027, using June 1 cuts and void years to get rid of the handful of guys you no longer want.

Not saying we should do it, just saying it’s a feasible option that doesn’t involve much deviation from what’s already set to happen organically.

Like Nick and Trip said, we are totally in position to give it one last hurrah with this group without completely destroying our future accounting.

We do not need to compromise ourselves much other than potentially having either a slightly overpaid starting QB or a ridiculously overpaid backup QB, along with keeping older guys like Demario, Taysom, and Tyrann an extra year longer than ideal. Certainly not ideal, but also not the end of the world to keep those guys around.