I don't see us cutting Boom under after this year. I believe we don't save any money against the cap by cutting him this season, 15 million dead money when we can actually use him as a swing doesn't sound good to me.
Sure in a vacuum it’s saving $5M. But you still need to replace him with someone and that’s a cost. How much does a replacement cost who can be relied upon to come in upon an injury like Boom can? Not to mention he has LT / OG position flexibility.
With Boom's injury history, how are we even sure he'd be available when needed?
Higbee could be a cut candidate, we’re not bringing Hopkins back, Hunter Long is injury-prone and hasn’t shown anything, and the only other tight ends on the roster are practice squad fodder.
What would it look like to cut Higbee after just signing him to a deal? What's the dead money?
Negligible this year like 300k. In 2025 it would save some cap. I just don't see them cutting a guy on IR, seems like something the union would sue over.
So if it doesn't gain us cap what does it gain us to cut him? The Rams kick a team captain to the curb? Doesn't sound like something McVay would do to a guy rehabbing. But that's just my 2 cents.
But also have a 15mil dead cap hit and (as others have said) need to sign someone to be a swing like him. I just don't see them doing it.
Its 15 mill whether he's on the team or not, and an additional 5 mill if he's on the roster post 3/18
McVay loved Long’s blocking ability. I’m interested to see if he’s retained.
