Cap going way up in 2015

TheOak · 02-05-2014, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by Jack Vegas

Yes, I meant to say 2015. Pretty sure you are wrong about it meaning we can't keep anybody. More cap room now or in the future is always a good thing because as you said you can backload things and renegotiate existing contracts. Grubbs for instance, you could extend his deal a number of years at a lesser cap hit and save several million dollars each year. Eventually it will come back to bite you in the butt, yes, but then you do what the Colts did, take the big hit in one year and do a full-scale rebuild.

The salary is not what comes back to bite you as you can cut a player and take no hit on that. Its these huge upfront bonuses given to get the player to agree to a restructure or extension that haunt you for years.

Look at Rogers signing bonus, he could agree to take league minimum salary and still be a 7.6m cap hit.
Aaron Rodgers Contracts, Salaries, Cap Hits, & Transactions

If Brady played for $1 this year he is still a 9.2m cap hit
Tom Brady Contracts, Salaries, Cap Hits, & Transactions

This is why I said it doesn't help us this year, the bonus to get them to sign a restructure this year will be added to their present prorated bonus from their last contract making it more of a problem.

02-05-2014, 02:38 PM	#4
TheOak 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cypress Tx. Posts: 19,047	Re: Cap going way up in 2015 Originally Posted by Jack Vegas Yes, I meant to say 2015. Pretty sure you are wrong about it meaning we can't keep anybody. More cap room now or in the future is always a good thing because as you said you can backload things and renegotiate existing contracts. Grubbs for instance, you could extend his deal a number of years at a lesser cap hit and save several million dollars each year. Eventually it will come back to bite you in the butt, yes, but then you do what the Colts did, take the big hit in one year and do a full-scale rebuild. The salary is not what comes back to bite you as you can cut a player and take no hit on that. Its these huge upfront bonuses given to get the player to agree to a restructure or extension that haunt you for years. Look at Rogers signing bonus, he could agree to take league minimum salary and still be a 7.6m cap hit. Aaron Rodgers Contracts, Salaries, Cap Hits, & Transactions If Brady played for $1 this year he is still a 9.2m cap hit Tom Brady Contracts, Salaries, Cap Hits, & Transactions This is why I said it doesn't help us this year, the bonus to get them to sign a restructure this year will be added to their present prorated bonus from their last contract making it more of a problem. hagan714 and Rugby Saint II like this.
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