My First (Very early) Mock draft for 2018

[beastlyskronk]

Footwork and accuracy the fact that he is just now completing over 60% of his passes. Take away his run ability and his passing isn’t that great. Majority of his upside is in the fact that he can run and if he can develop as a passer you get a real dual threat. But he isn’t a better passer coming out than guys like Watson or newton or Winston or Mariota.

What’s so wrong with his footwork compared to the other QBs? His accuracy will be corrected as he hones his technique throwing the ball. Like I said he’s unorthodox in that he isn’t generating power from his plant hip like most QBs do, and you really don’t want to change it for Jackson because his left leg is his dominant leg so he can generate more power from his front hip. His only real problem is that he doesn’t have a good base when he throws and that’s an easy fix. He just has to get accustomed to it because he hasn’t received any real coaching on it until college and he’s been way better with it this year.

When his base is good he almost always hits his WRs in stride, that’s what I quantify as accuracy, not his raw completion percentage. When his base is off, sometimes he hits his target, but they usually have to adjust or he sails the pass to high and that’s because he’s compensating with his arm. You get him to widen his base consistently and he’s a 65% passer and widening his base won’t be as hard as fixing a QBs decision making or teaching them how to read a defense.

[Butler By'Note]

Also that $4.2 Mil in dead cap doesn't occur until Post June 1, 2018. It's $11.5 mil dead money hit prior to June 1st.

So what's the plan? Cut him post June 1 after you've already missed out on the top free agent safeties or draft picks? I'm not buying it. Too risky. And no point in saving the $1.7 post draft and free agency while taking a $4.2 dead money hit.

You are using the 2017 numbers, which would have been true this year, but the new league year starts in March, at which point it's the $4.2 million against the cap ($1.7 in savings) if he's cut then, after June 1st 2018 it becomes $4.5 million in savings $1.4 million cap hit in 2018 with the remaining $2.8 million counting against the 2019 cap.

https://overthecap.com/player/darian-stewart/2089/

[DenverBlood]

You are using the 2017 numbers, which would have been true this year, but the new league year starts in March, at which point it's the $4.2 million against the cap ($1.7 in savings) if he's cut then, after June 1st 2018 it becomes $4.5 million in savings $1.4 million cap hit in 2018 with the remaining $2.8 million counting against the 2019 cap.

https://overthecap.com/player/darian-stewart/2089/

1. You are correct on that part. But

2. His total dead cap over 3 years would be $10 mil making it twice is unlikely to cut him as I said before.

His dead cap for 2018 would only be $1.7 but that doesn’t eliminate the dead money hit in the next two years.

[Butler By'Note]

1. You are correct on that part. But

2. His total dead cap over 3 years would be $10 mil making it twice is unlikely to cut him as I said before.

His dead cap for 2018 would only be $1.7 but that doesn’t eliminate the dead money hit in the next two years.

It does eliminate in the next two years in that it would be in one. The column is little odd, because it gives 3 years in the listings, but if you cut a player you have 2 choices, before June 1st you take the entire cap hit in that season. Post June 1 then you take that year's hit that season with the rest going to the year after.

Teams are always on the hook for signing bonus, no matter when a player is released you will eventually pay for the signing bonus. Stewart has $4.2 million remaining in signing bonus against Denver's cap, if he plays out his contract they'll take a $1.4 million hit each of the three seasons for that. If he's released in 2018 (pre June 1) then they'll take that $4.2 million cap hit that year. Post June 1st they take a $1.4 million cap hit in 2018 and $2.8 million cap hit in 2019.

In March 2019 it would be a $2.8 million cap hit that year to release him pre June 1, and after June 1 it would be $1.4 million per year in 2019 and 2020.