We get objectively worse moving on. There's no way, shape, or form of denying that. Can we later, someday be better with picks and other players? It's possible. Not likely. Unless you're penciling in that famous player Cap Space as a pro bowler.
It depends how you distribute the resources.
You can EASILY get better. You take the $24m you free up the next 2 years and invest it in a more crucial position and get a pick or 2 in the draft.
Moving on from Budda and using that money on say, Marcus Peters, John Johnson III and drafting Brian Branch with the pick makes you better.
Taking the money draft capital from Budda and use it on Frank Clarke, draft Will McDonald or Ojulari while moving Simmons to safety. Makes us better.
You could take the resources from Budda and add Matt Ioannidis, Adrian Amos, Shelby Harris and draft DJ Turner. And get better.
You don't even have to get that creative.
I'm sure you want to say "We could do that anyway with the cap we have AND keep Budda" but that's not the point. The point is how you can be better without Budda using those resources on positions of more importance.