jeanpierre

It's dead money no matter - time to get younger, faster, stronger, available linemen in the draft that won't cost as much...

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K Major

Kinda sucks for us. With the void of Amari, good ole Jerrah & Stephen will probably snag a WR that we have our eye on in Day 2.

Their scouts probably see the pool of talent (2022 combine) @ WR & came to their senses.

Amari is expensive.

AsylumGuido

This is a perfect example of how the structure of contracts can affect the ability to retain key player. Cooper's $100 million five year contract has straight base salaries of $20 each of his last four years. There are no roster bonuses as part of the $100 million. No workout bonuses. It appears that the base salary isn't written with a team unilateral conversion option.

These are all common components used by Harley and Loomis in the average Saints contract construction giving the easy ability to readily free cap when needed. With the same $100 million outlay they have the ability to reduce that $20 million cap hit with a simple restructure in year three and retain the player with only a $7 million cap hit freeing up $13 million. On the other hand, the Cowboys may be forced to release the player while still taking a $6 million cap in in dead money from his initial $10 million signing bonus. They only free up $14 million in cap AND lose the player.

All the details are here on Spotrac.

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lee909

Not sure why anyone would trade or sign a highly paid WR1 these days.
The talent available in Rounds 1-3 of the draft is just too good,especially with rookie cap numbers. |Don't get me wrong if you have alot of great players inc a QB on a rookie deal then do it, but for 60% of the league why

ChrisXVI

jeanpierre

The good thing about guys like Amari Cooper being released is that the market for WRs is going to be even more flooded and that will drive down signing costs...

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