Twitter: Cowboys interest in TE Brate

[Pessimist_cowboy]

They don't? Cool!!!!!

Trading for Brate would mess up our comp pick for Witten, though, correct?

Comp picks are compensation for losing players in free agency. Not through retirements or cuts.

 

[Nightman]

Rookies don’t count toward Comp picks. Hitchens signed for like 9 million a year. That should yield a 4th.

We lost that pick when Cooper and Butler got waived

We need to cut DThompson or Fleming by next week to get it back

 

[LifetimeBoysFan]

I have absolutely no reservation on giving up a 4th or a conditional 3rd for him. He has been a solid and productive target monster in Tampa.

 

[boysfanindc]

They don't? Cool!!!!!

Trading for Brate would mess up our comp pick for Witten, though, correct?

Why would we get a comp pick for a retiring player, they are based on free agency?

 

[Nightman]

I think it is overkill

Swaim is OK and Rico has the upside

Only so many balls to go around

 

[John813]

TB gets a huge cap hit though

It already applied for this year though. No accelerated additional hits for Tampa.
He was a RFA this year and Tampa pretty much gave him 7 mil this year but he can be cut next year and that's it.

If healthy, he could be cut in 19/20 etc with no dead cap hit. He has no more guaranteed money(security) passed this year. Outside of being injured.

 

[Vanilla2]

Sarcasm - look it up.

NO!

 

[Hawkeye0202]

This is his contract.........

Cameron Brate signed a 6 year, $40,800,000 contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, including $18,000,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $6,800,000. In 2018, Brate will earn a base salary of $1,000,000 and a roster bonus of $6,000,000, while carrying a cap hit of $7,000,000 and a dead cap value of $7,000,000.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/tampa-bay-buccaneers/cameron-brate-15205/


3/12/2018: Signed a six-year, $41 million contract. The deal includes $18 million guaranteed

 

[AmishCowboy]

Count me in on Brate then!

It already applied for this year though. No accelerated additional hits for Tampa.
He was a RFA this year and Tampa pretty much gave him 7 mil this year but he can be cut next year and that's it.

If healthy, he could be cut in 19/20 etc with no dead cap hit. He has no more guaranteed money(security) passed this year. Outside of being injured.

Thanks!

 

[kskboys]

Why would we get a comp pick for a retiring player, they are based on free agency?

Are they? Didn't know that.

 

[CATCH17]

Send us Desean Jackson while you're at it.

Then good luck selling out on Zeke. Even Dak could hit big plays with those guys.

 

[AmishCowboy]

I think it is overkill

Swaim is OK and Rico has the upside

Only so many balls to go around

I think the Rico train has passed after 3 Years, hear he still had problems with the Playbook

 

[Risen Star]

If we get Brate we're a near lock for the Super Bowl.

 

[Nightman]

It already applied for this year though. No accelerated additional hits for Tampa.
He was a RFA this year and Tampa pretty much gave him 7 mil this year but he can be cut next year and that's it.

If healthy, he could be cut in 19/20 etc with no dead cap hit. He has no more guaranteed money(security) passed this year. Outside of being injured.

His 2019 base of 7m guarantees on March 1st and 4m of his 2020 base salary guarantees on March 1st 2020.... they are already guaranteed for injury

 

[Nightman]

I think the Rico train has passed after 3 Years, hear he still had problems with the Playbook

He is still a mismatch on the field

He gets open every play

 

[Hawkeye0202]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Brate

League (NFL). He played college football at Harvard.

Contents

• 1Early life
• 2College career
• 3Professional career
  • 3.1Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  • 3.2New Orleans Saints
  • 3.3Tampa Bay Buccaneers (second stint)
  • 3.4Professional statistics
  • 3.5Buccaneers records
• 4References
• 5External links

Early life[edit]
Brate grew up in Naperville, Illinois and attended Naperville Central High School, where he played high school football.[1]

College career[edit]
Brate attended and played college football at Harvard. He redshirted in the 2010 season and contributed to the 2011–2013 seasons.[2]

Professional career[edit]
Tampa Bay Buccaneers[edit]
Brate was signed by the Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2014. He was released by the team on August 20, 2014 and was signed to the practice squad the next day. On November 25, 2014, Brate was promoted to the active roster.[3] On September 15, 2015, he was released by the Buccaneers.[4]

New Orleans Saints[edit]
On September 16, 2015, one day after his release from the Buccaneers, the New Orleans Saints signed Brate to their practice squad.[5]

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (second stint)[edit]
Brate returned to the team on September 22, 2015, after being on the Saints' practice squad for a week. He played in 14 games with four starts in the 2015 season recording 23 receptions for 288 yards and three touchdowns.[6]

In 2016, after the departure of Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Brate became the starting tight end for Tampa Bay. He played in 15 games with 10 starts recording 57 receptions for 660 yards and eight touchdowns before being placed on injured reserve on December 27, 2016.[7] Among NFL tight ends, Brate converted the highest percentage of red zone targets into touchdowns in 2016.[8]

On February 28, 2017, Brate re-signed with the Buccaneers.[9] On the season, he recorded 48 receptions for 591 receiving yards and six touchdowns.[10]

On March 12, 2018, Brate signed a six-year, $41 million contract extension with the Buccaneers.[11]

 

[John813]

His 2019 base of 7m guarantees on March 1st and 4m of his 2020 base salary guarantees on March 1st 2020.... they are already guaranteed for injury

Is March 1st the 5th day of the new 2019 season? Thought they became gtd at that time.

Found that info right after I posted... lol

 

[JohnsKey19]

We lost that pick when Cooper and Butler got waived

We need to cut DThompson or Fleming by next week to get it back

I'd love to know what incriminating evidence Thompson has on Sanjay Lael. Apparently he's the one fighting for Thompson to remain on the roster. He shoulda been gone.

Brate looks like Kellen Winslow Sr compared to our current TE group.

 

[CWR]

That would be a big pick up for us. Id go as high as a 3 or 4.

 

[Nightman]

I'd love to know what incriminating evidence Thompson has on Sanjay Lael. Apparently he's the one fighting for Thompson to remain on the roster. He shoulda been gone.

Brate looks like Kellen Winslow Sr compared to our current TE group.

Has Noah Brown's hamstring healed in 8 weeks????

We can cut Jarwin and DThompson and get Brate for free if we trade them the Comp 4th for Hitchens