 Player to release number one on our on our list is Joe Hayden of the Pittsburgh Steelers the cornerback Big name was a good player with the Cleveland Browns and the Steelers. He's not bad He's still a very decent player But with the amount of money that he's making you would expect that the Steelers have to make that decision Okay, do we move on from him at this point? So if we pull up the Pittsburgh Steelers roster at this point and pull up how much money It'll free up if you release Joe Hayden You see on the side is the available cap space that they have negative seven million dollars They're gonna have to trade some players or release some players to try to free up the cap space And then on the side on the left-hand side, you're gonna see the players that make the most amount of money So you have Ben Rothesburger may obviously making the most amount of money Then Joe Hayden is right there at number two now the Steelers could go down the route of releasing Ben Rothesburger I know that Kevin Colbert the general manager has been talking about. Yeah, this is the situation that we have so far Ben Rothesburg is saying I'll take a pay cut. I'll do whatever I want Or whatever I need to do in order to stay in Pittsburgh I get it but a realistic possibility of that happening of Ben Rothesburg are being released or traded this off-season currently More than likely probably won't happen It's probably if it were to happen probably gonna happen next year, but this year probably not So you're gonna have to make the decision on who else you can release And it's gonna have to be Joe Hayden at this point the other players that are making a lot of money They're pretty decent players. So if we go here to Joe Hayden and we just hit this red X underneath the column that says release And we hit that All of a sudden on the side you see that on the gray the dark gray It gives that number the updated number of five million dollars in cap space and the positive is now So that's gonna be a big decision that the Steelers are gonna have to make and we look right next to Joe Hayden's name Where you see? 2021 cap figure that column you see it got rid of the 15 million dollar contract that he had but you have to acquire 2.9 million of dead money Joe Hayden is number one on our list number two It's gonna be a wide receiver who could be on a little bit of a decline This late in his NFL career and that's Emmanuel Sanders good player can still be productive when it matters But Sanders is just costing way too much money $10.5 million that he's owed in 2021 and you want to get rid of that amount of money to free up the cap space or the lack of cap space that you have negative 65 million dollars or 70 million dollars actually is what the New Orleans Saints are at currently so We look at the numbers for the contracts They have a pretty decent defense So I don't think that they wouldn't want to mess with you know Stinkins or Quant Alexander, but if you just keep on scrolling down and you look at the names Who do who do they want to release at this point? Emmanuel Sanders makes the most logical sense So if we just release them and by the way you can hit this let me scroll up so you guys can see it the trade column We can elect to trade a player as well So if you wanted to trade a manual Sanders to another wide receiver Needy team say for instance in New York Jets we elect them you can process that trade and he's gone So he's gone from the roster you have to acquire a little bit of dead money But that's fine. Look on the side right here. If that's a freaking ad dang man. These ads are brutal Close out of these ads you see in that gray side right there the dark gray negative 63 million Okay, you freed up seven million dollars at that point, which is a lot of money for the Saints So Emmanuel Sanders getting rid of them trading up for a draft pick to a wide receiver need to team whatever it may be Realistic chance that that could happen for the New Orleans Saints That's our number two player that could be cut or traded number three This is obvious at this point tied in Zach or to the Philadelphia Eagles He's not happy being there the Philadelphia Eagles are ready to move on They're ready for Dallas College to be the number one tied in at this point. No distractions They've already inquired about trades or contacted other teams like the Colts and the Seahawks So if we go over to the Philadelphia Eagles roster and then we see Number seven down here. Zack earths is gonna be the seventh most expensive player in 2021 Eagles want to get rid of them. They have no need for him at this point So let's say for instance that they elect to release them because they cannot find any trade partners Going into 2021 they like to release them. We hit the red X You're gonna see right there They have to eat up seven point seven million dollars of dead money But at this point with a lack of production that zackers has been having with the relationship and him Not wanting to play there anymore as well more than likely. That's probably gonna be the best bet It's just to eat up that seven point seven million dollars and not even worry about it You get five million dollars in return. So hey, not gonna hurt at all But you know, you could be released if they don't find a trade partner But we can trade them as well if you want to go ahead and play that game We pull up the trade window. Let's say for instance, they trade them to the Seattle Seahawks and You process that trade you see the cap figure on the side It's still the same amount of money if you were to release them as well So you're still gonna have to eat up that dead money Regardless, but number three zack Erts Realistic chance that he were to get traded or released Number four on our list if we want to keep with the tight end trend Kyle Rudolph the Minnesota Vikings has pulled up the Minnesota Vikings roster right here. We'll click update We scroll down here to Kyle Rudolph number eight the eighth most expensive player going into 2021 Now Rudolph we expect to be happy with his release We expect him to go to somewhere like Cincinnati or Jacksonville a team that needs a tight end But if you for some reason wants to take a hometown discount and is okay with being the number two tight end No judgment, but if you want to do that because he wants to stay in Minnesota That's a okay what the Minnesota Vikings could do at that point is hit the base salary Restructure icon, which is this little recycle button icon right here in between the red X and the trade icon You hit that you're gonna see his salary went down from nine million dollars down to five million dollars And that it's gonna help out a lot actually for the Minnesota Vikings You're gonna see on the side of five point six million dollars now and the in the red So you can elect to do that But if we just want to reverse that and release them at that point, okay You're still gonna have to eat up some dead money. You're gonna have to eat up 4.3 million dollars But you're gonna have to get rid of car Rudolph at that point as well So if you want to keep them you could restructure But I don't know if the agent or Rudolph are gonna be okay with that Honestly, I feel like Rudolph is ready to move on at this point So car Rudolph number four free agent that could be let go number five the tight ends Train just continues on with scott's the Chicago Bears roster and let's talk about Jimmy Graham Who's 35 years old at this point and more than likely the tail end of his NFL career and the height and the prime Done for had a decent season in Chicago But with the amount of money that is making with the emergence of Colcomette as well especially towards the last half of the season I don't see the Bears wanting to keep Jimmy Graham and that expensive contract as well So let's scroll down a little bit To the Chicago Bears who aren't that far away from the positive as far as our cap space goes But Jimmy Graham is up there as far as how much money he's gonna be making If we can find them right here number seven seventh most expensive player and even ten million dollars That's gonna be making in 2021 last year of his contract You want to go ahead and just release him just because it just didn't work out in Chicago So if you release him, I don't feel like they're gonna find a trade partner for him release him Yep, you eat up three million dollars. That's okay. Look on the side We now are in the positives for the Chicago Bears five million dollars that you have freed up For a free agency that you can spend on anyone else. So number five Jimmy Graham is our player number six We kind of talked about this a couple weeks ago when we talked about the Houston Texans Duke Johnson They're running backs are expensive and Houston and they could elect to get rid of David Johnson Who's gonna be making eight close to nine million dollars in 2021, but he had a pretty decent season I feel like if the Texans if you want any hope of keeping your players And you want to keep them happy your offensive players in Houston You're gonna have to have some sort of offensive weapon on that side of the ball because will fuller is gonna be a free agent Brandon cooks is making way too much money. We're gonna talk about him in a sec DeSean Watson wants out you want some sort of life in Houston Texas offense I feel like you're gonna keep David Johnson, but Duke Johnson on the other hand you could trade him to a Running back needed team. It doesn't matter as far as a salary cap figure go So let's just go ahead and hit release right here Boom, look at that zero dollars and dead money and look on the side 12 million dollars in cap space now just to continue He wasn't on our list but we talked about the Houston Texans just to give you guys a recap a couple weeks ago What the Houston Texans could do because they're just in a terrible spot at this point is trade Duke Johnson You eat up no dead money at all you get maybe a fourth fifth sixth rounder. That's okay It's still a draft pick for a team that has no draft picks in the first two rounds and then Brandon cooks He's been traded a lot. I get it. He's gonna have to find another NFL team because if you scroll a little bit up He's not on on our list, but Brandon cooks. We just wanted to highlight him real quick number three the third most expensive players Brandon cooks You could trade them and get a draft pick out of that and on top of that You free up some money if you wanted to resign will fuller whoever it may be but Duke Johnson is our official number six Player that could be released or traded on our list Number seven we have at John Brown another wide receiver of the Buffalo Bills And the reason being is because if you looked at the way that that Bills offense operated It seemed like you just have any sort of speed at wide receiver and Josh Allen and that Bills offense can make it work John Brown great player great player But if last year taught us anything with him being injured and even though he made some good plays here and there They could do without him. They can make the NFL playoffs. They can have a good offense and they can keep on Putting up some big numbers as well without John Brown. So if we go down to number six 31 years old as well. He's in the last year of his contract in 2021 $9.5 million is what he's set to make you could elect to release him and right there You only eat up 1.6 million dollars of cap space or of dead money and your cap space is now up to ten Point four million dollars. So John Brown is our number seven player on our list number eight this is kind of a I Don't want to sound douchey by saying this but let's just be realistic right here Even though it is a feel-good story for Alex Smith. He's gonna be very expensive going into 2021 So glad he came back really am but if the Washington football team has to make some pretty tough decisions as we pull up the Washington football team roster and Order of how many or have them how much money they have to give to the players Alex Smith is at the top of the list and if you're in need of a quarterback at this point You don't want to keep your most expensive player who's a quarterback on your roster You'd want to give them up. So Alex Smith set to make 24.4 million dollars Good player, but it's not worth at this point. You already are well above average in cap space But imagine if they were just to release Alex Smith or if Alex Smith were to restructure whatever it may be Let's first start off with the option of Alex Smith getting released You release them you eat up 10.8 million dollars, but that's a sacrifice You're gonna have to make in order to gain a 14 million dollars. That's okay. We hit the plus sign Let's redo that let's hit restructure. What happens if we restructure the contract for Alex Smith? He goes down from 24 million dollars down to 15 million dollars It's still not worth at that point for the Washington football team. So let's just reverse that. Let's hit the red X Let's release them 45 million dollars now You have freed up that you can use on the free agency period this offseason. So Alex Smith feel good story But number eight more than likely is gonna get released by the Washington football team Number nine and number 10 kind of coincide just because they're on the same team Not only all the same team, but they play the same position on the Las Vegas Raiders Derek Carr and Marcus Mariota have been in discussions to be traded this offseason People saying Marcus Mariota could be the next Ryan Tannehill didn't work out with this first team goes to another team Could work out with them for Derek Carr He's been a topic of being traded for like three years. It seems like at this point But he's the most expensive player if we look at the list right now Derek Carr. Let's say we release them Okay, that gives us the dead money of 2.5 million dollars to free up $20 million is well worth it or you know close to 20 million is well worth it But I just hit that release button because it kind of tells us how much dead money They're gonna have but Derek Carr more than likely is going to get traded So if we trade him to a team that is in need of a quarterbacks for instance, the Chicago Bears You get some draft picks out of them process that trade Okay, now you have the same amount still there So releasing and trading you still acquire the same amount of dead money regardless of what that transaction is But for Marcus Mariota if you reverse it if Derek Carr Would you want were to be the one to stay in Las Vegas and Marcus Mariota were to be the one to move on let's go ahead and Redo that whole process and show you what happens if Marcus Mariota is the one to be dealt Let's scroll down to Marcus Mariota seventh on that team as far as how much money they're gonna make they play They paid a lot of money for a backup quarterback Just because they love the talent that Marcus Mariota brings to the table 10.7 million dollars is how much He's gonna be making in 2021 So if the Raiders elect to trade them which would be the same amount of money as far as releasing goes Let's just hit the release button just to show you how much money they're gonna have to take on and you see right there $0 of Dead money that they're gonna have to take on so the Raiders at that point. Okay, let's trade them away What's a team that needs a quarterback? The Washington football team according to some rumors is interested and Marcus Mariota Let's process that trade get some draft picks out of it And now a look on the side you're closer and closer to the positives as far as cap space goes But number nine and number ten Marcus Mariota and Derek Carr on our free agent list So to recap Joe Hayden Amano Sanders Zach Erts Kyle Rudolph Jimmy Graham Duke Johnson John Brown Alex Smith Marcus Mariota and Derek Carr Ten players who could be released or traded This offseason. What do you think about that list? Leave your comments down below Interact with us and if you feel like there are any other players offensive side defensive side special teams even That some teams want to move on from to free up some money. Let us know in the comments down below