knowyourenemy
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Jackson and Jefferey are already signed for 2020.
Cutting a player after June 1st allows the team to spread the signing bonus over the next season.
For example if a player signed in 2019 for two seasons with a $10M signing bonus, cutting him before June 1st means that the entire signing bonus, $10M, would be dead money. Cutting him after June 1st means that $10M bonus is spread among two seasons and cutting him would only cost $5M in dead money.
Taking a flier on Cobb is all about low risk, high reward, as much as signing the guys you mentioned at the end.
There's a chance that Watkins gets a decent deal from other interested teams.
Yeah, we have to see how this plays out, but that extra money could go to other positions and maybe they draft more than one WR?
Im talking exclusively about who we sign after June 1. Who is going to be left in free agency when that money gets freed up on June 1? I think Cobb and Anderson will both be with teams. So what do we do with that extra money?