Prior to joining The Athletic, he covered high school and NAIA college sports for the Columbia Missourian, Mizzou football, mens basketball and womens basketball for SBNation blog Rock M Nation, wrote stories focused on the African-American community for The St. Louis American and was a sports intern at the Commercial Appeal in Memphis through the Sports Journalism Institute. He has a cap number of $14 million and zero dead money, so the Raiders could find a lot of space by parting ways with a guy who has played 10-plus snaps in a mere 14 of 32 games since the Raiders signed him to that massive, four-year, $66 million free-agent contract in 2019. The Las Vegas Or his latest social media posts showing his svelte-ish figure working out and looking motivated. There has been much speculation on Lamarcus Joyner, who many contend has been misused in the slot and is much better at safety. Joyner played better this year, but $11.2 million is more than enough to buy a difference-making defensive player in free agency. The Raiders project to be around $16 million under the salary cap in 2021 As of March 5, the 2021 NFL salary cap projects to be around $185 million. Las Vegas Raiders salary cap situation heading into 2021 Raiders releasing DB Lamarcus Joyner, save $8 million in cap space Podcast Teams AFC East Bills Dolphins Jets Patriots AFC North Bengals Browns With the NFL and its players association agreeing to set the 2021 salary cap floor at $180 million, there is a reasonable expectation that the ceiling could rise to between $185 million and $188 million. What Raiders ownership is really looking for, under the guise of having Gruden return to the Raiders, is leadership, plain and simple. If the Raiders cut all three players, theyd free up about $10.5 million in immediate cap space. Williams is the first of many dominoes expected to fall in a salary purge that could shed as much as $61 million while pushing the Raiders as far as $48 million under the cap. The Raiders could also create space by extending players on the roster to deals with large signing bonuses and low 2022 salaries that would free up cap space. They arent as expensive, but Jalen Richard ($3.5 million) and Jeff Heath ($3.15 million), might make sense as potential roster cuts, as well. First, Mark Davis might consider invoking the Lemon Law; The Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act or Song-Beverly for short is a law enacted by the state legislature that basically says that a manufacturer must replace your vehicle or give you a refund if your vehicle has a defect that substantially impairs the use, value, or safety of the vehicle and the manufacturer has not been able to fully repair the vehicle within a reasonable number of opportunities.
