CARR “STARTING” AS OUR QB NEXT YEAR?

jnormand · 03-03-2025, 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

It's all semantics. If Carr plays for us this season his salary plus guaranteed roster bonus and previous prorations total $51.458 million for 2025. That cannot be done with our lack of cap space. All we CAN do is to convert his $30 million base salary and $10 million roster bonus to a signing bonus prorated to his voidable years. We're paying him exactly the same amount either way. By converting it frees up the 2025 cap so we can become compliant. We are not paying him any more nor is he playing for anything any more either way. We're simply accounting for that pay in a future period where those funds make up a smaller percentage of the growing cap than it does in 2025. It's a win/win if you are planning on keeping him for 2025 either way.

I understand what you’re saying. I would rather pay him all his money owed THIS YEAR and cut him after the season instead of converting his money owed this year and tying up resources for seasons to come. No thanks. Take the hit this year. Have a ****ty team and move on from his disastrous contract after this season so we can start getting better in 2026. I don’t want Carr on the books in 2027 and 2028 just so we can field some mediocre team this season. Horrible idea. Good grief no.

I get that you’re fine with it. That’s all good for you. Maybe it even makes more sense to you. It just doesn’t for me and I don’t like it. I just want the team to pay for guys on the team. Not for some guy they really don’t want but are forced to stick with because they had to restructure 2 or 3 times just to get under the cap before they cut his ass. Then pay him for 2 or 3 seasons after he’s gone. That’s just bad business IMO.

I respect your right to your own opinion but you’re not gonna change mine man.

03-03-2025, 07:31 PM	#11
jnormand 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Free State of Idaho Posts: 5,795	Re: CARR “STARTING” AS OUR QB NEXT YEAR? Originally Posted by AsylumGuido It's all semantics. If Carr plays for us this season his salary plus guaranteed roster bonus and previous prorations total $51.458 million for 2025. That cannot be done with our lack of cap space. All we CAN do is to convert his $30 million base salary and $10 million roster bonus to a signing bonus prorated to his voidable years. We're paying him exactly the same amount either way. By converting it frees up the 2025 cap so we can become compliant. We are not paying him any more nor is he playing for anything any more either way. We're simply accounting for that pay in a future period where those funds make up a smaller percentage of the growing cap than it does in 2025. It's a win/win if you are planning on keeping him for 2025 either way. I understand what you’re saying. I would rather pay him all his money owed THIS YEAR and cut him after the season instead of converting his money owed this year and tying up resources for seasons to come. No thanks. Take the hit this year. Have a ****ty team and move on from his disastrous contract after this season so we can start getting better in 2026. I don’t want Carr on the books in 2027 and 2028 just so we can field some mediocre team this season. Horrible idea. Good grief no. I get that you’re fine with it. That’s all good for you. Maybe it even makes more sense to you. It just doesn’t for me and I don’t like it. I just want the team to pay for guys on the team. Not for some guy they really don’t want but are forced to stick with because they had to restructure 2 or 3 times just to get under the cap before they cut his ass. Then pay him for 2 or 3 seasons after he’s gone. That’s just bad business IMO. I respect your right to your own opinion but you’re not gonna change mine man. AsylumGuido and Rugby Saint II like this.