Now that the draft is over I've been trying to figure out the realistic math on keeping McCoy. Evan Winter did a good write up in his article:
"Why Gerald McCoy Will Remain A Tampa Bay Buccaneer"
https://www.bucsnation.com/2019/4/28/18521689/gerald-mccoy-will-remain-a-tampa-bay-buccaneer-bucs-free-agency-nfl-draft
It's a very good read, and seems realistic. The summary of how we get there is:
(Bucs need to free up $10,354,829)
Cutting -
Devonte Harris, Ryan Smith, Isaiah Johnson (frees up $3,390,000) replacing them with the DB heavy draft class
Cairo Santos (frees up $1,000,000) replaced with Gay
Noah Spence (frees up $1,900,000)
Gholston (frees up $3,750,000)
Those cuts would be enough to sign the draft class and leave roughly $340,000.
One step further, cutting QB's Ryan Griffin and Joe Callahan ($1,450,000).
The math certainly checks out, and the author of the article makes a good argument as to how and why these moves make sense. We didn't target the D-Line with premium picks... this could be the plausible long game.
