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Re: Saints' Jimmy Graham a franchise tight end, clearly not a wide receiver
So tired of hearing about this junk. The guy is a tight end who moves around the formation, no different than half the tight ends in the league anymore. Why are we still talking about this crap? So tiresome.
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Re: Saints' Jimmy Graham a franchise tight end, clearly not a wide receiver
He is certainly not a blocking TE. If he's a WR then he's really slow.
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Re: Saints' Jimmy Graham a franchise tight end, clearly not a wide receiver
Very good read!! Excellent really!!
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1. The $7 million franchise tag value is currently a part of the cap. Once the long term deal is signed, that money is released. 2. Long term deals are structured with the signing bonus spread over the life of the contract. So a $15 million signing bonus over 6 years for example would count $2.5 million against the cap each year. 3. The $10 million is the average salary over the life of the contract. Typically because of the signing bonus, the salaries for the first year or two are low. So a $1.5 million salary and a $3 million salary in 2014 and 2015 respectively would not be unreasonable. With the signing bonus that would be a shade less than $20 million in the first 2 years, matching the average. Couple it all together and JG may count less than $5 million against the cap for 2014. So in fact signing a long term deal will likely open up some cap space. Edit: I missed the "high back end" when I first read it. My apologies. My lesson just explains what a "high back end" means. All non guaranteed (or more precisely "not likely to be earned") dollars in a contract is monopoly money. The breakpoint is almost always when the first option bonus comes up and/or when the salary jumps. Usually this is close to mid contract. All salary after that is the "high back end". SFIAH |
Re: Saints' Jimmy Graham a franchise tight end, clearly not a wide receiver
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- Because it's June. - Because the clause "majority of snaps played" is in the CBA - Because of ESPN and NFL Network - Because the hearing is next week - Because JG is the highest profile franchised player this offseason - Because JG is currently not attending OTAs and minicamp. Of course he's currently not under contract (just sayin...) SFIAH |
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Re: Saints' Jimmy Graham a franchise tight end, clearly not a wide receiver
Even the NFLPA has said this is nothing but a naked grab for cash. I'm so sick of this mess that I'm to the point where if Saint's just said screw it, we don't need the headache and cut him, I wouldn't mind.
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Re: Saints' Jimmy Graham a franchise tight end, clearly not a wide receiver
If I were the Saints I would open up the hearing with this: "Aqib Talib shut him down". I would pause for a couple seconds and then turn to Jimmy's people and say "beat that".
Everyone in the media were praising Talib after that game and saying he's the defensive player of the year. But as I recall, he struggled quite a bit after that. He wasn't even healthy against Jimmy, and still he got shut out. Some "wide receiver" we got there. |
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