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Originally Posted by doggin94it

Taking into account obvious cuts (Hunter, Scott), and voids (Revis) but ignoring any signings or draft picks, here's what our current 2014 roster looks like:

QB (cap savings from significant cuts in parens)
Sanchez (8,300,000)
Tebow
McElroy
Simms

RB
Powell
Ganaway
Stewart

FB
None

WR
Holmes (8,250,000)
Hill
Kerley
White
Adams
Pollard

TE
Hayden Smith

OT
Ferguson
Griffin
Cornick

OG
Schlauderoff
Campbell

C
Mangold

DE
Coples
Wilkerson
Roy

DT
Pouha
Ellis
Harrison
Hardison

LB
Harris
Davis
Dowtin

CB
Cromartie (9,500,000)
Willson
Fletcher
Lynn
Steed

S
Bush
Allen
Marcus Lott

Total Cap Used: 85M

Assuming the salary cap stays the same as it is now and we carry over no money from prior years, that would leave us 35M of cap room to fill the following holes:

RB, OG, RT, OLB, S

Some of that money will be used to resign Revis. And some of those positions will be filled (and some of the cap room will go away) when the Jets sign or replace Slauson, Moore, Maybin, Landry, Bell, Pace, and Thomas this coming offseason.

But with two drafts between now and the 2014 season, and real cap room to play with (and the ability to jettison either or both of Sanchez and Holmes if their play doesn't match their contracts by then), the Jets are well positioned to make noise.

Maybe my math is bad.. but $35 mil to replace 7 starters, resign Revis, and pay for two years of draft picks doesn't seem like much.