Could Marshon Lattimore Be A Cap Casualty For The Commanders?

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ESPN had an article that suggested that the Commanders could move on from Marshon Lattimore... Should they consider it?

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00:00Speaking of which, NFL.com did a piece,

00:02bunch of veterans and listed,

00:05these are guys that you're not hearing a lot about,

00:07but could get cut and save their team a bunch of money.

00:09No, they listed on that list was Marshawn Latimore.

00:12I was really surprised to see that name.

00:15So I think if you're just putting together a list

00:18and you're, if you've got some formula

00:21where you just look up veterans who make a lot of money

00:24that are coming off of bad seasons,

00:27x-axis is how much money you make,

00:30y-axis is how bad of a season that you had.

00:32And then you want people in the bottom right quadrant,

00:35so to speak, right?

00:37Marshawn Latimore is gonna be in that quadrant

00:38because he is due against the cap this season, $18 million.

00:44And he was downright dreadful at times

00:47in the playoff run for Washington.

00:50We know they're probably not going to cut him

00:52because Adam Peters has come out and said as much,

00:54number one, because they just traded picks for him

00:57and it would look really, really bad

00:58if he played as poorly as he did this past year.

01:00And then they cut him before the final two years

01:03of the contract that he has left.

01:05But they could get out of the deal with zero dead cap.

01:07This is your one chance to bail.

01:09You've got an opportunity.

01:10When you get in the car and start driving,

01:12you cannot get out again.

01:13It's like the rollercoaster about to take off.

01:15You sat down, we're buckling up

01:17and you're looking at your kid who's a little nervous

01:19and you're going, hey, buddy,

01:20if you don't want to ride this thing,

01:22you got to make that decision right now.

01:24Because as soon as this thing leaves.

01:25When they lower those, the bars.

01:27We cannot come back.

01:28And so Washington has right now this moment to decide,

01:32am I paying Marshawn Latimore $18 million or not?

01:35But this guy, and I don't know, I've never heard of him,

01:37but it's a writer, does some fantasy stuff at nfl.com.

01:40He's just going through a bunch of the dudes

01:42that make a lot of money that didn't play well last year.

01:44And he's going, are we sure team shouldn't cut this player?

01:47And he listed Marshawn Latimore.

01:49Well, I think most of us have decided is coming back.

01:52And most of us think probably should come back

01:54based on what they gave up in the trade.

01:56But it is just another way to look at it.

01:57You know, it's like walking along

01:59and now somebody into binoculars and you're like,

02:00oh, I kind of see what you're talking about.

02:02$18 million is not nothing for a guy

02:04that played poorly last season.

02:06Yeah, and from the piece,

02:08and notably he was talking about Latimore.

02:09He was awful in the post season,

02:10earning a horrific 29.6 coverage grade from PFF

02:13and allowing 10 catches for 172 yards

02:15and a 136.6 passer rating on 14 targets.

02:18That doesn't even sound like

02:20all of the stuff that he allowed.

02:21With the release his entire $18 million cap,

02:24it would become savings in 2025.

02:27So when-

02:28What a huge amount of cap space.

02:30When you read that, you go,

02:32actually that makes a little sense.

02:34Now, I don't think it's on the table.

02:35I think-

02:36But that's two different things, right?

02:38Right.

02:39Does it make sense?

02:39And will they do it?

02:40Precisely, and that's where I was going,

02:41is I don't think that's happening.

02:43I think he's here.

02:44I think they're saying,

02:45we believe he's going to play better next year.

02:47And we didn't trade for him just for the stretch on,

02:48although it would have been nice,

02:50but we think we got something here

02:52and 18 million is going to be a bargain.

02:54If we sign someone like this in free agency,

02:55it would cost 25, 26 or so.

02:58So I don't think it's happening.

03:01Put that aside for a second.

03:03This is kind of reasonable.

03:04This makes sense to me.

03:05And I sort of didn't think about it this way,

03:07but now I'm kind of on the-

03:09I'm not agitating for it.

03:10I'm not sitting here telling you that I agree with this,

03:13but as someone who is not in the confident

03:15March on Lattimore camp,

03:17oh, I don't know.

03:18I don't know.

03:19I don't know if this is not something

03:20that Randy Dewey would have to consider.

03:21I am ambivalent toward Lattimore a little bit

03:25because I just have so many conflicting feelings now,

03:29right?

03:30The first of which is,

03:32I actually thought when they acquired him

03:34that he was still an outstanding DB.

03:37And I have to assume that that is the case.

03:40I think he was hurt.

03:41And then when he came back,

03:42he came back a little too soon and he wasn't a hundred

03:45percent and what I call chasing his tail,

03:48meaning, you know,

03:49he was kind of trying to get back up to speed at a hundred

03:52percent and it just, it didn't work.

03:54And I think he is a lot better than he played

03:56and he will be better this year.

03:57So I'm going to separate that.

03:59The other thing is though,

04:00there is no guarantee of that.

04:03He had a bunch of hamstring problems in New Orleans.

04:05Then he came here and wasn't that much healthier

04:08and wasn't a quick healer.

04:09He's not getting younger.

04:11Danny, 18 million against the cap.

04:13You get every single penny of it.

04:16It doesn't matter who we're talking about.

04:18If you're not a star and you're not kind of indebted to

04:21that player, I think it's gotta be a consideration.

04:24Now they don't really need $18 million.

04:28They already have the third most cap space.

04:30They're already not going to spend all the cap space they

04:32have.

04:32I'd love to sit here and tell you,

04:34they're going to go out and get a corner and an edge and a

04:37tackle and a wide receiver and a running back.

04:39And they're going to have 2 million left in cap space.

04:41They're going to spend right up to the limit.

04:44Neither of us think that that's going to happen.

04:47So the 18 is not really needed here.

04:49If they were minus $3 million against the cap,

04:52well, now we could have a different conversation

04:54and probably should have a different conversation where you

04:56need 18 million and there's no guarantee he's going to

04:59deliver the goods.

05:00So you might need that 18 million.

05:02The last point here is what you gave up for the trade.

05:04It would look really bad.

05:06It would be a huge loss.

05:07And the first huge loss for Adam Peters,

05:09if you were to cut this player now,

05:11which they're not considering, I don't think,

05:13because to your point,

05:14I really do believe that they think he's going to be awesome

05:16next year and for the next two years.

05:18And they think that that's why they acquired them and

05:19whatever they got, you know,

05:21after the injury this year was a bonus.

05:23But to that point,

05:25I do believe that Marshawn Lattimore at, you know,

05:30an $18 million rate would be viewed differently if they

05:33hadn't have just given up the multiple draft picks,

05:35which is not how you should operate.

05:37Some cost fallacy style here.

05:39Because I gave up picks doesn't mean I've now got to keep

05:42them on my roster.

05:43I don't think that should be a consideration at this point.

05:45The only consideration should be now that I've seen him in

05:48my building and my defense, what do I think he's going to be?

05:50What kind of guy is he in my locker room and how good a

05:52player is he going to be next year?

05:53And so I, some people would,

05:55would get really, really irritated if they,

05:58let's just say this comes true when they do cut them and

06:00save the money.

06:01I wouldn't, the attempt was very reasonable to me.

06:03You know what I mean?

06:04Like, I don't have a problem with you going,

06:06Hey, we're better than we thought we'd be.

06:07Let's change course a little bit.

06:08We didn't give up a one or a two.

06:11We need some help right now.

06:12We've got a guy for a couple of years that we think would

06:14really upgrade this position.

06:15After we cut the previous idiots,

06:17first round pick who played this position.

06:19We're awful at corner.

06:21We're trying to go do something special here.

06:23We can fix this right now.

06:25If a defensive end was available with a similar potential

06:28impact for the same cost, I probably would have done that.

06:30Same with a couple other spots.

06:32So I don't begrudge the attempt at all.

06:34When you're trying to build on the fly a four time,

06:38or maybe it's five time pro bowler is not usually available

06:41for you, you know, sort of with, with,

06:43with the team that's in salary cap,

06:44how like the saints are.

06:45So I don't, I have no issue with the attempt to me.

06:48Like I I'm with you in the sense that that's very like bad

06:51management.

06:52And that's like a very Bruce Allen thing to do to me.

06:54And I'm not calling Adam Peters that,

06:55but saying like, we gave this up for him.

06:57We got to see it through.

06:59No, you don't.

07:00You got to be filled a really good team.

07:01And, and they know better than I do.

07:04They need, they need to be able to, to say with confidence,

07:07the reason he did not play well was health and hamstring

07:11stuff. If that's the case, fine.

07:13I'm willing to give, to give that, you know, an audience to

07:16me, I'm nervous about that guy.

07:18Should they be thinking about 18 million as being as

07:23valuable as what Lattimore could give them next year?

07:26Should this even be a consideration where it seems like it's

07:29not, it seems like they made the decision when they made the

07:31trade that they're bringing him in for three years,

07:34whereas they have a get out of jail free card and they can

07:37get 18 million without a single penalty for one cent this

07:41off season.

07:42Is this something they should be thinking about with

07:44Lattimore? Yes or no?

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