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We don’t know what contract he was offered. We just know what was leaked by the Ravens. The info seems plausible, but when teams leak imo they usually make their offers seem better than they really are.

bored beyond belief

I can’t imagine that the Chargers will get anything close to a second for Eckler.

Welp, we do now - and there wasn’t as much improvement as I had hoped. Bummer.

Trades cannot be designated post 6/1, they have to be executed post 6/1 if the team is to delay some of the cap hit. The 6/1 designation is only for cut players. Lots of people are missing some details on a Diggs trade. The only time this season that he can reasonably be traded is before his $16M roster bonus is paid. It is due between 3/15 & 3/21. Most people look at Spotrac and see $37.6M dead cap and -$17.3M in cap savings if he’s traded and think it is impossible. But those figures include the $16M bonus. Without that the dead cap is “only” $21.6M and the cap implications of trading him is only $1.3M in lost space. That’s not great, but it is definitely possible.

That would not be a surprise based on his age and late season injury.

Correct position, but I don’t know about the specific player and contract. Seems like we could’ve done better at that price. At least his arrow is probably pointing up, unlike Saffold who was done a year before we signed him. Nothing to do now but hope for the best and see what he’s got. They were, especially the run blocking grades. That all gives me some optimism.

Contract in the expected range. I knew some team would overpay him and one did. I do not blame him one bit for making the most money possible, but those are also the players I don’t mind seeing leave. He/his agent was smart going with a 4 year deal. I’ve been wondering if he’d go that route. He’s leaving room to get another big contract before he hits 30.

In Ohio the only options are the state fund and companies self insuring. The state does not allow any competition from carriers. Workers’ compensation prevents workers from suing employers for injuries sustained on the job. While that legal avenue is fraught with roadblocks I’m not sure how the Bengals would be able to avoid litigation in the future. Maybe through clauses in the contracts they offer? This seems like a tough and volatile way to claw back some money - especially by a team that got an unbelievably good deal from the county on their last stadium deal and is getting handed a $400M check at the start of this season.

The Browns also are expected to carry over about $20M a season. I recently read an analysis of their cap management strategy. A key takeaway is that they can spend cash at a rate of about 115% of the yearly cap by structuring and manipulating contracts the way they are. That’s not out of line with how many teams operate. Some are more conservative and spend at close to 100% cash to cap. And then there’s New Orleans on the other end of the spectrum.

my daughter agrees with Poyer, Diggs and Milano. wrt #3 says “maybe Knox or, low key, Tauron Johnson. Or maybe Hyde.” I think she’s got her pre FA and pre draft top 5.

The main issue with recovering signing bonus money is that it has to be due to a voluntary retirement (and the contract details also matter). We saw what happened with Eric Wood. He had to make it clear that he was retiring because the physical toll he took from playing football would not allow him to play any longer. That’s a pretty simple thing to assert and in most cases it would be very difficult to disprove - especially where veteran players are concerned. On the team side they use roster bonuses to get injured players off their roster between seasons.

Oh wow. Bold take.

Five years is maximum proration period - that includes the current season. In the past there was also CBA language that limited the proration period to the end of the CBA if that was shorter. Not sure if the current CBA has that clause or not. The gamble was made when the original fully guaranteed contract was given. This is just a simple cap move.

Not exactly. From the tweets we have: - reduced contract - ability to earn back the reduced money (and more) through incentives - conversion of some salary to signing bonus That all tracks very well. Obviously the details could tell a different story, but so far so good.

Noooooo! Donald is just about done and has a massive contract. Cash payouts of $28M in 2023 (including a $15M roster bonus due on 3/16/23) and $35M in 2024.

Was hoping for something like this. Really wanted Hines to stay, but not at the contract he had. Very fair way to handle it.

Well, I heard you out.

It just ups the dead money when they part ways. That $7M will increase substantially. If Von is cut before the 2025 season I expect him to be designated a June 1st cut. That would push some dead cap to the following season. So yeah, if that happens he will be on the books for 5 total years - 3 seasons he plays plus 2 years with dead money.

Texicans had to pay a premium for him. Bobby took the money. Nothing wrong with him taking one last big payday.

Richardson will be very interesting to watch develop. So much depends on the team that takes him. Looking forward to seeing it.

I think a team making a move like that has to take a player with the potential for greatness. Stroud may hit or he may not, but you can’t do something like this for a Bryce Young. His ceiling is what? Kirk Cousins? Also I don’t think you have to move to 1 for Levi’s or Richardson. No one left for it to be but Stroud.

Stroud

Von Miller has a guaranteed roster bonus of $13.345M due this month. It’s a simple measure to convert that to a signing bonus and spread it out over the next 5 seasons. That clears $10.676M this season.