Cap Crunch Part II: How can the Patriots create more cap space?

As promised in Part I, here's my attempt to explain and project how the Patriots will create cap space needed to operate the rest of the season and to maybe obtain a player via trade.

The contracts of the following players cannot be redone per the CBA, since the drafted player has not yet played three years of their rookie deal.

1. Joe Thuney


2. Deatrich Wise


3. Derek Rivers


4. Keion Crossen


5. Sony Michel

1. Jacob Hollister


2. Adam Butler


3. Keionta Davis


4. J.C. Jackson

1. Geneo Grissom


2. Josh Gordon


3. Elandon Roberts


4. Brian Schwenke


5. Nicholas Grigsby


6. Jonathan Jones


7. Ted Karras


8. Kenjon Barner


9. Cole Croston


10. Joe Cardona


11. Brian Hoyer


12. Patrick Chung

1. Tom Brady


2. Stephon Gilmore


3. Devin McCourty


4. Rob Gronkowski


5. Dont'a Hightower


6. Marcus Cannon


7. Stephen Gostkowski


8. Adrian Clayborn


9. Dwayne Allen


10. Duron Harmon


11. Julian Edelman


12. Lawrence Guy


13. Kyle Van Noy


14. Shaq Mason


15. Jason McCourty


16. Chris Hogan


17. Cordarrelle Patterson


18. James White


19. Malcom Brown


20. David Andrews


21. Trey Flowers


22. Danny Shelton


23. Matthew Slater


24. Nate Ebner


25. Ryan Allen


26. Trent Brown


27. James Develin


28. LaAdrian Waddle


29. Phillip Dorsett


30. Brandon King


31. Eric Rowe


32. John Simon

1. Tom Brady


2. Stephon Gilmore


3. Dont'a Hightower


4. Marcus Cannon


5. Adrian Clayborn


6. Kyle Van Noy


7. Shaq Mason


8. Danny Shelton

1. Devin McCourty


2. Rob Gronkowski


3. Stephen Gostkowski


4. Dwayne Allen


5. Duron Harmon


6. Lawrence Guy


7. Jason McCourty


8. Chris Hogan


9. Cordarrelle Patterson


10. James White


11. Matthew Slater


12. Nate Ebner


13. Ryan Allen


14. James Develin


15. LaAdrian Waddle


16. John Simon

1. Malcom Brown


2. Julian Edelman


3. David Andrews


4. Trey Flowers


5. Trent Brown


6. Phillip Dorsett


7. Brandon King


8. Eric Rowe