1. Trade JJ- I’d love him to be in Houston for his whole career, but we need draft capital and cap space (saves 17.5k, get ‘21 3rd + ‘22 5th)
2. Trade or cut both RBs Johnson- I don’t know if we would have any trade partners, but for them on the market. If no takers cut them. (saves 11.7k)
3. Trade McKinney- he’s a valuable LB and we should have some takers for a trade. (saves 6.4k, receive late ‘21 3rd or 4th)
4. Cut Cooks- he’s just not worth the $, and we wouldn’t be able to find a trade partner. (saves 12k)
5. Cut Murray post June 1st- horrible contract signing. (saves 2.4k)
We’re almost 18.3k under the cap. These moves would bring the total savings to 31.7k.
Draft:
3rd-
3rd (JJ trade)-
4th-
4th-
4th (McKinney trade)-
5th-
6th-
6th-
6th-
7th-
For defense I’d target CBs, DL, LB, and potentially a S since this draft seems deep in that position. Offense I’d draft a C to compete with Martin (I’m eyeing Josh Myers out of Ohio St). If the guy does well in shop Martin to other teams or I’d cut him. It looks to be another deep WR class, so I’d draft 2. I’ll also look to be adding an RB.
With our cap space I only expect we bring in 1-2 FAs, so I hope we make them count.