Thuney extended - 2 years

[adam]

This O-Line is now locked in for a few years. As long as they figure out who starts at LT (Jones/Trapilo), I like having this type of continuity.

 

 

[adam]

He will get a $1.5M raise annually from his current AAV of $16M, which only bumps him up one spot from 5th highest paid LG to the 4th highest. By this time next year, when the actual extension kicks in, he will probably be out of the top 5.

[DABEARSDABOMB]

Excellent

[adam]

If you consider Trapilo as the eventual starter at LT, the entire starting OLine is on contract or cost-controlled (5th year option for Wright) thru 2027, which is Year 4 of Caleb's rookie deal. If you extend that to the rest of the offense, you can include Williams, Moore, Odunze, Burden, Kmet, and Loveland. That is insane. RB is the position not signed thru 2027 (Swift and Roschon signed thru 2026). 

Outside of RB, the 2026 draft will be defensive heavy (Edge, Safety, DT, LB).

[ASHKUM BEAR]

20 minutes ago, adam said:

If you consider Trapilo as the eventual starter at LT, the entire starting OLine is on contract or cost-controlled (5th year option for Wright) thru 2027, which is Year 4 of Caleb's rookie deal. If you extend that to the rest of the offense, you can include Williams, Moore, Odunze, Burden, Kmet, and Loveland. That is insane. RB is the position not signed thru 2027 (Swift and Roschon signed thru 2026). 

Outside of RB, the 2026 draft will be defensive heavy (Edge, Safety, DT, LB).

LT will be Trapilo or Amagadje.  We have two that will compete and it will make them both better. 

My way to early mock had the same positions.  RB taken in the 1st after how they coveted Jeanty and Hendnerson.

1-24 Jeremiah Love RB ND 6-0 205

2-48 Braylon Shelby DE S Car 6-5 265

3-86 Dillon Thieneman S Pur 6-0 207

4-118 Demonte Capehart DT Clem 6-5 315

[Stinger226]

All the pieces are now  in place here thru 2027. That is how you fix the OL. 

[adam]

This also makes the trade for Thuney even more of a steal. They traded him for a 4th, which they got back in the Rams trade anyway. 

[adam]

It is going to be hard to comprehend what we are seeing on the O-Line this year. Thuney didn't allow a sack in 2024 lol. That is just absurd:

 

 

[adam]

and looking ahead capwise, there are some easy decisions to free up a ton of cap in 2026:

1. Edmunds - $17.4M Cap Hit, $2.4M dead money if cut/traded (Potential Cap Savings: $15M)
2. Kmet - $11.6M Cap Hit, $3.2M dead money if cut/traded (Potential Cap Savings: $8.4M)
3. Swift - $8.8M Cap Hit, $1.3M dead money if cut/traded (Potential Cap Savings: $7.5M)

Easy way to free up $31M w/o restructuring. I am not saying that will but I would suspect Edmunds and Swift are the most likely of those 3, Kmet is just there because of his cap savings.

[BearFan PHX]

If it is designated a post June 1st cut or trade, Kmet opens up $10M ($11.6M - $1.6M)

And this is true if you do it this year, next year or the year after. Cut or trade him, and open $10M.

If you Trade swift, with a post june 1st designation, you gain $8M in cap space.

So there are some nuances in whether cut or trade them, and whether you use a post june 1st designation.

But yes, there is potentially $33M of cap space with those three. YOu can also do contract stuff with players to open up cap space.

If there is a stud player we want, we can trade for them, especially if one or more of those guys are part of the trade back.

Like, Booker and Kmet for Trey Hendrickson for example.

Im not saying we should make that trade - I dunno how may years Hendrickson has left. But if we wanted to, we could.

[AZ54]

If the reports are true and this deal has saved us $8mil in cap space for 2025 what is the plan for that money?   We had $6.7mil in cap space before the deal.  If Poles were satisfied with the roster build for this year he'd be trying to pull in as much cap hit as possible for next year or the year after.   It isn't much to play around with and while I see lots people on Youtube saying we can now go get Hendrickson if we want him.  I suppose that's true but it seems too rich to me.  I suspect a different vet DE signing on a 1yr deal.  

[BearFan PHX]

18 minutes ago, AZ54 said:

If the reports are true and this deal has saved us $8mil in cap space for 2025 what is the plan for that money?   We had $6.7mil in cap space before the deal.  If Poles were satisfied with the roster build for this year he'd be trying to pull in as much cap hit as possible for next year or the year after.   It isn't much to play around with and while I see lots people on Youtube saying we can now go get Hendrickson if we want him.  I suppose that's true but it seems too rich to me.  I suspect a different vet DE signing on a 1yr deal.  

It's hard to say. Hendrickson is a superior player, but how many years does he have left in him? If he was 27 this would be a no brainer. So if you think he will decline, which is a good bet id say, then you probably go the way you say - a lesser DE one year deal.

But if they think hes gonna be strong for 2 years and then have rotational value after that for example, you might do it?