I would love to dump him but wouldn't that be to huge huge cap hit? He's apparently banking on it.
Options
Cut him before March 22
- Cap hit 9.4mil of dead money, probably spread out over 2021, 2022
Keep him
- Cap hit 9.8mil for 2021
- Dead cap rollover of 6.8mil for 2022
Cap hit is *bigger* in 2021 if we keep him, *and* we're just throwing 7.2mil more down the Jaylon rathole.
The "cap hit" talks frustrate me. Most people treat the cap hit kicked down the road as if it doesn't exist. Unless we're totally screwed with the cap in a single year, taking the cap hit now vs. later is an accounting issue between contracts.
The question should be if a player is worth keeping for what *hasn't* been committed to him yet. We can avoid spending 7.2mil on Jaylon. The dead cap is dead.