From what I understand we would save over $10M in cap by cutting/not resigning Long, Wells, and Joseph. Add in cutting/resigning Bradford because there is no way we pay him $16M, and we save another $10M there. So with those moves alone we ADD approx. $20M in cap space...
I would only resign Bark if he will take less than $3M a yr.
There are a ton good to decent potential FAs who could make our team better. We could target a few of the following if they go unsigned (no way all of them do):
WR Randall Cobb GB 25: All signs point to the Pack unable to retain him which is why they drafted Devonte Adams. If he hits FA I say we go HAM at him and if we get him I say we trade Tavon for a 2nd or 3rd rd pick if we can. Cobb and Britt will be a very good WR combo for any QB we bring in.
T Gabe Carimi ATL 27: Resurrection project.
T Chris Hairston BUF 26: Better than Barks and their OL played out of this world this yr.
T Doug Free DAL 31: Played very well this yr and I questioned last yr why we didn't target him in FA.
T Bryan Bulaga GB 26
G Orlando Franklin DEN 28: Peyton was sacked 16 times wow.
G James Carpenter SEA 26
G Mike Iupati SF 28
G Will Rackley BAL 26: OL played great this yr.
G Jah Reid BAL 27: ...
C Will Montgomery DEN 32: Again Peyton was sacked 16 times wow.
C Stefen Wisniewski OAK 26
4-3 OLB Malcolm Smith SEA 26: IFF they don't resign we have to go after him. His coverage skills and speed are better than Ogletree and he and Ogle would make a good OLB duo. I'm still all for moving Ogle to MLB where he played in college. JL is getting slower every yr but he did play well at the end.
ILB Rolando McClain DAL 26: JL replacement, is playing up to his top 10 draft expectation now. If he has the drive to play at that level he is better way better than JL.
CB Byron Maxwell SEA 27: SEA is in trouble, Smith and Maxwell are two very underrated young talents and if either hit FA we need to go after them as they're better than anything we have at those positions.
S Louis Delmas MIA 28: Played out of this world in the first 12 games of the season. Another player I wanted to sign last yr in FA.
S Devin McCourty NE 28: A good cover safety like Delmas.