Having a bunch of cap space is wonderful...even more so if there is no new collective bargaining agreement signed.
Because 2020 will be the final year of the current CBA, releasing players after this season would be quite different. There are no post-June deferments of cap impact that year. An example cited by ESPN below:
In the Final League Year, there are no post-June 1 release designations. A team in our example dealing with the same problem next year would have to absorb the full dead-money hit no matter when it released the player. It makes sense when you think about it: Why would you make it easier for a team to release a player by allowing it to defer a cap hit into a season that might never even happen?
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/26073422/nfl-cba-quirks-a-big-effect-2020-offseason
