Hopefully a little. I think his cap hit this coming year was about $5.4 million.Fantastic. Any chance of this creating any 2019 cap savings?
He was scheduled to be a UFA in 2020, so no.Will it save 2020 cap?
If the numbers reported are correct, his cap numbers combined over the 2020 and 2021 season should be $14,333,333. Who knows how they will be apportioned. Probably like 6 in 2020 and 8.3 in 2021. It all just depends on the base salary in each year. Dead cap next year should be around 8.3 million.Will it save 2020 cap?
Huh? With no Gronk and no other receivers familiar with the system aside from Dorsett, they'll probably need to rely on Edelman a whole lot next year, especially early.With the added WR depth hopefully they can ramp down his work load a bit and save him for 3rd downs and the playoffs. It'd be nice if they could find another dependable punt returner as well.
The Edelman playoff TD thing is weird. He is a chain mover and not really an end zone target. I think most of his TDS are catches outside the end zone that he carries across the goal line or catches as he’s finishing his route near the goal line. His TD to catch ratio is not that high to begin with but in the playoffs he really goes down. Some Gronk effect I think. Also, they have run in the red zone a lot. But go figure that Amendola has more playoff TDS than Jules on fewer than half as many chances even though neither is really a big end zone body. Of course, one of those was on a throw from Edelman.Edelman's last 13 playoff games: 161 targets, 106 rec (65.8%), 1,337 yds, 12.6 ypc, 3 td
Project that over 16 games: 198 targets, 130 rec, 1,646 yds, 4 td
Edelman's last 6 playoff games: 71 targets, 47 rec (66.2%), 731 yds, 15.5 ypc, 1 td
Project that over 16 games: 189 targets, 125 rec, 1,949 yds, 3 td
Against, obviously, all playoff teams. The touchdowns aren't eye-popping, but the receptions and yardage numbers (and projections) sure are.
The bolded and the Gronk effects were my first thought. They also throw to RB's a ton in the red zone, which makes sense. Your mismatches are going to be Gronk and getting RB's matched up on LB's in tight windows, vs Edelman who's going to be operating in traffic.The Edelman playoff TD thing is weird. He is a chain mover and not really an end zone target. I think most of his TDS are catches outside the end zone that he carries across the goal line or catches as he’s finishing his route near the goal line. His TD to catch ratio is not that high to begin with but in the playoffs he really goes down. Some Gronk effect I think. Also, they have run in the red zone a lot. But go figure that Amendola has more playoff TDS than Jules on fewer than half as many chances even though neither is really a big end zone body. Of course, one of those was on a throw from Edelman.
The playoff stat where he is off the charts is first downs.