Burner's Burning Questions: Free Agency, Mock Drafts, Camps, Roster Predictions, 2018
Greetings from BBQ. We hope your week is going well. Free Agency continues as it enters the second week of business. The second wave of signings is well underway and the Redskins have been active.
OTAs, the draft, mini camps, and training camp will be here before you know it, but we're talking free agency now and all the trades, re-signings, tags, releases, new free agents, and re-worked contracts are becoming known.
Who will we target in free agency? Who will we re-sign? Who will we not re-sign? Who will get released? Feel free to offer your opinions and predictions.
We take the latest chatter from Redskins Park and media pundits as BBQ tries to formulate what could happen in the coming days, weeks and months.
Free Agents Obtained:
Paul Richardson, WR – (Signed Five Year Deal, 3/15/18)
Sam Irwin Hill, P – (Details To Come)
Orlando Scandrick, CB (Signed Two Year Deal, 3/19/18)
Free Agents Re-signed:
Quinton Dunbar, CB/ST – (Signed Three Year Deal, 1/1/18)
Mason Foster, ILB – (Signed Two Year Deal, 1/25/18)
Deshazor Everett, SS/ST – (Signed Two Year Deal, 3/6/18)
Dustin Hopkins, K – (Signed Three Year Deal, 3/12/18)
Brian Quick, WR – (Signed, 3/14/18)
Zach Brown, ILB – (Signed Three Year Deal, 3/15/18)
Trade:
Alex Smith, QB
Kendall Fuller, CB (Traded to the Chiefs)
Restricted Free Agents:
Ty Nsehke, OT – Tendered (Second Round Tender, 3/12/18)
Exclusive Rights Free Agents:
Contract Extension:
Alex Smith, QB (Four Year Extension, Five Years Total)
Pending Free Agents:
Kirk Cousins, QB – (Signed With Vikings)
Terrelle Pryor, WR – (Very Likely Walks)
Shawn Lauvao, OG – (Unknown)
Niles Paul, TE/ST – (Signed With Jaguars)
Spencer Long, OG/C – (Signed With Jets)
Ryan Grant, WR – (Signed With Colts)
DeAngelo Hall, FS – (Very Likely Retires)
Arthur Jones, DT – (Probably Walks)
Bashaud Breeland, CB – (Signed With Panthers)
Will Compton, ILB – (Very Likely Walks)
Trent Murphy, OLB – (Signed with Bills)
Junior Galette, OLB – (Unknown)
Chris Carter, LB/ST – (Unknown)
Tony Bergstrom, C – (Very Likely Walks)
Zach Vigil, ILB – (Possibly Re-signs)
Phil Taylor, DT – (Unknown)
Possible Release Candidates:
Keith Marshall, RB – (Cap Savings, $33K – Dead Cap, $538.6K)
Terrell McClain, DE/DT – (Cap Savings, $3.25M – Dead Cap, $3.75M {If June 1st Cut, Spread Over Two Yrs})
Byron Marshall, RB – (Cap Savings, $630K – Dead Cap, $0)
Jordan Reed, TE – (Cap Savings, $5.2M – Dead Cap, $5.4M)
T.J. Clemmings, OT – (Cap Savings, $705K – Dead Cap, $0)
Arie Kouandjio, OG – (Cap Savings, $705K – Dead Cap, $0)
Demetrius Rhaney, C – (Cap Savings, $705K – Dead Cap, $0)
A.J. Francis, DE – (Cap Savings, $705K – Dead Cap, $0)
Su'a Cravens, SS – (Cap Savings, $1.36M – Dead Cap, $1.7M)
Offseason Updates:
Multiple reports suggest that the Redskins are looking to trade Su'a Cravens.
The Redskins now have $21M of cap room and would have small cap ramifications if Terrell McClain is released as a June 1 candidate. The dead cap would be $3.75M, but could be spread out over two years.
The new cap for 2018 is $177.2M.
We are ending the list of potential free agents today as the list has dwindled and free agency is now in a second phase.
With the new extension for Alex Smith as he joins the Redskins, we have learned that the total deal is for five years (four year extension).
Personal Thoughts:
The Denver Broncos are still very interested in Su'a Cravens.
BBQ believes that if Su'a Cravens is not traded, Bruce Allen will hold on to him until the final cuts.
See you as we go along.
Hail To The Redskins!