Things change rapidly in the NFL, jobs are tenuous, and every year a crop of young, cheaper players replace veterans, even productive ones. This year we’re likely to see a slower acclimation proce ses for rookies because of the unusual on-boarding due to COVID-19, but with the salary cap set to dip over the next few seasons, almost every team will be factoring cap hits into personnel decisions more than ever.Below, you’ll see all 16 AFC teams, the veteran who’s set to be replaced and the rookie who will do the replacing. Some of the established players have strictly been depth options during their pro careers and will give minimal cap relief to their respective teams if released. A few in Greg Monroe Jersey line to be replaced are household names and will save their clubs plenty of money upon getting cut (or traded).Rookie:EDGE/DL A.J. EpenesaVeteran set to be replaced: EDGEThe Bills obviously have high hopes for Epenesa, their first pick in the 2020 draft. Epenesa is a powerful, three-down edge rusher/defensive line hybrid that many — including myself — believed would go in the first round but lasted until the back portion of Round 2.Murphy had five sacks in 2019, all of which came in the second half of the season. However, through two years in Buffalo, he’s disappointed in creating consistent pre sure as a pa s rusher. Beyond the obvious presence of Epenesa, the Bills also added veteran — who blo somed under Sean McDermott in Carolina — this offseason. Epenesa brings more versatility, run-stopping strength, and, most importantly, ways to win as a pa s rusher. If cut, Murphy would save the Bills $7.5 million. Rookie: OL Veteran set Giannis Antetokounmpo Jersey to be replaced:OG $7.2MWinters was a full-time starter in 2018 but after mostly discouraging play in 2019 was placed on IR in November with a dislocated shoulder. The Jets have gotten good return on investment on their 2013 third-round pick, but for the first time in a while, he’ll have serious competition at his position with Clark, a truly punishing road-grader, in the mix.Sure, pa s protection is king in the NFL, and Clark is further behind in that facet than paving lanes for the ground game, yet Winters was not particularly good in either area during the first half of last season before his injury. Beyond that, New York signed veterans and in free agency. Also, Winters would skim $7.2 million off the Jets’ cap if cut. If Clark shows any semblance of competence as a pa s blocker, GM Joe Douglas will likely be enticed to let Winters go. Rookie: EDGE/LBVeteran set to be replaced:EDGE/LB $2.3M as the sleeper rookie with the talent and polish to make an instant impact, and with that prediction comes some ramifications. Simon was signed in 2018 and fared decently well as a part-time, do-anything defender in Bill Belichick’s defense. But Jennings is a younger version of Simon, and he enters the Patriots’ locker room after being coached by Belichick’s buddy Nick Saban at Alabama. While he won’t be the most athletic strong-side linebacker in the league, Jennings plays with outstanding leverage, Chris Copeland Jersey is rarely out of position and knows how to use his hands as a pa s rusher. And the Patriots would save $2.3 million if Simon is released. Rookie: DL Veteran set to be replaced:DL Godchaux has overachieved since the Dolphins made him a fifth-round pick in 2017 out of LSU. Has he ever excelled? Not really, although he started all 16 games in each of the past two seasons in Miami. Davis, a mammoth defensive lineman, had his most productive season at Alabama as a sophomore in 2017, yet never built on it, and finished his career there as a towering, run-stopping force with minimal ability as a pa s rusher. All that describes the exact role Godchaux played with the Dolphins. At 6-6, Davis naturally has more positional flexibility, and if released, Godchaux would take $2.1M off Miami’s cap, not that the Dolphins are in dire need for money. Rookie: WR Veteran set to be replaced:WR Moore’s story is a pretty remarkable one and indicative of the recent Oscar Robertson Jersey lack of depth in Baltimore’s receiver group. He was a fourth-round pick in 2016 and has clung to a roster spot ever since, despite never catching 20 catches in a single season. He’ll be up against Duvernay, a third-round pick with sub 4.40 speed.Duvernay had a ma sive eruption in his senior season at Texas that was bolstered by a high number of screens, but he tracks it beautifully down the field and gives another speed option outside of . Baltimore re-signed Moore in March, but Duvernay — and sixth-rounder — mean the writing is probably on the wall for the veteran wideout. Rookie: LB Veteran set to be replaced:LB Here’s all you need to know about what the Bengals previously thought about their linebacker group — they tripled up on the position in the draft. was the first linebacker picked. He’s born to command the middle. Davis-Gaither is new-age outside ‘backer with twitchy change-of-direction talent, the mature ability to defeat blocks en route to the ball carrier and plenty of experience and effectivene s blitzing around the edge. Evans has the body of a weak-side, playmaking linebacker, he just hasn’t played much during his first three years with the Bengals, and now there are three new linebackers on the roster. Rookie: WR Donovan Peoples-JonesVeteran set to be replaced:WR Taylor flashed with the — the team that picked him in the third round in 2017 — but was traded to the Browns last August. Things didn’t really go well for Taylor during what was a flop of a season for Cleveland’s offense in 2019. He was targeted once and didn’t make the catch. And as a big-play specialist in college — Taylor averaged at least 17 yards per grab in his final three seasons at Western Kentucky — Taylor will have legitimate competition in 2020 for that role by way of sixth-round rookie Donovan Peoples-Jones. No, DPJ was never a routine, huge-play producer at Michigan, but he did Milwaukee Bucks Jersey run 4.48 with an absurd 44 1/2-inch vertical and phenomenal 139-inch broad jump (both in the 99th percentile at the receiver spot). Rookie:RB Veteran set to be replaced:RB Going bold with this one, because Samuels filled in admirably mostly as a receiver while Pittsburgh’s backfield was ravaged by injury in 2019. However, his 2.7 yards-per-carry average is impo sible to ignore, and suddenly, the Steelers’ running back room is crowded.McFarland is a springy, ultra-explosive runner who averaged a bulky 6.7 yards per carry on 245 total carries over the past two seasons at Maryland. Somehow, he didn’t have a good combine, yet he’s significantly more electric on the field. His vision as a zone run
