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While reading the thread regarding Aaron Smith, I thought I'd look to see whose contracts will be expiring over the next two years and who might or might not be back. I'm not sure this list is 100% accurate, but here goes
Sure this is probably premature, and done as a knee jerk reaction to one bad game by Smitty, but what the hell.........
Expires after this season:
Smith - no
Leftwich - not after another IR
J. Scott - no thank you
Dixon - won't want to be here
Batch - time to hang 'em up
Wallace - yes please
Warren - probably but who really cares?
Essex - doubtful, they already cut him this year
Lewis - I think so, they got rid of Butler to keep him around - I think he replaces BMac
Cotchery - depends on if and how he contributes this year
Sepulveda - only if he stays healthy
Gay - please no
Hoke - another future retiree
Moore - doubtful
David Johnson - we can only hope not
Foster - lets see if he can wrestle the RG spot away from Legs
Legursky - not at starters dollars
Mundy - returns to remain Troy's backup forever
McLendon - yes, and he moves up the depth chart
Redman - yes
Expiring after 2012 (so tougher criteria to let go after this season):
Hampton - stays and plays out his contract
Farrior - this one is tough, lets see how he plays this season, he started slow last year
Foote - Bye
BMac - unless he shows something big the he is long gone - very cheap to cut
Mendy - He at least finishes out next season
Allen - he should be gone but there isn't a viable replacement yet
Battle - how is he still even here?
Sanders - he will be re-signed for a long term
C. Scott - he sticks around one more year as "cheap potential"
Sylvester - probab;y extended at some point, not expensive, not cheap
Dwyer - gets another look this year, lets see
Brown - extended
The one thing that I noticed during this exercise is that we have a lot of contracts (20 by the looks of it) due to expire this off-season. Luckily it looks like Wallace is the only stud in that group. With all the money spent this off-season, I can't see them keeping the salaries of aging vets Farrior, Foote, and McFadden after this year. Hampton is also a possibility depending on how bad the cap situation is.
Sure this is probably premature, and done as a knee jerk reaction to one bad game by Smitty, but what the hell.........
Expires after this season:
Smith - no
Leftwich - not after another IR
J. Scott - no thank you
Dixon - won't want to be here
Batch - time to hang 'em up
Wallace - yes please
Warren - probably but who really cares?
Essex - doubtful, they already cut him this year
Lewis - I think so, they got rid of Butler to keep him around - I think he replaces BMac
Cotchery - depends on if and how he contributes this year
Sepulveda - only if he stays healthy
Gay - please no
Hoke - another future retiree
Moore - doubtful
David Johnson - we can only hope not
Foster - lets see if he can wrestle the RG spot away from Legs
Legursky - not at starters dollars
Mundy - returns to remain Troy's backup forever
McLendon - yes, and he moves up the depth chart
Redman - yes
Expiring after 2012 (so tougher criteria to let go after this season):
Hampton - stays and plays out his contract
Farrior - this one is tough, lets see how he plays this season, he started slow last year
Foote - Bye
BMac - unless he shows something big the he is long gone - very cheap to cut
Mendy - He at least finishes out next season
Allen - he should be gone but there isn't a viable replacement yet
Battle - how is he still even here?
Sanders - he will be re-signed for a long term
C. Scott - he sticks around one more year as "cheap potential"
Sylvester - probab;y extended at some point, not expensive, not cheap
Dwyer - gets another look this year, lets see
Brown - extended
The one thing that I noticed during this exercise is that we have a lot of contracts (20 by the looks of it) due to expire this off-season. Luckily it looks like Wallace is the only stud in that group. With all the money spent this off-season, I can't see them keeping the salaries of aging vets Farrior, Foote, and McFadden after this year. Hampton is also a possibility depending on how bad the cap situation is.
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