plymkr
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Exactly. This is my concern. So right now we have 40 million on the salary cap credit card for Dak. If he signed (and I’m being generous here) a 5 year deal for who care APY but he gets 200 million in guaranteed. So now he’s under contract for 2024-2029 with 240 million on the salary cap credit card. That’s 42 million per year on the salary cap credit card. If during the life of the contract void years are added to free up space with further bonuses then that 42 million jumps to a higher number. If Dak does not complete the length of the contract then we may be looking at 60-80 million cap hit if he retires.It is only about the total amount guaranteed on a third contract. I’d guess around $200 million Gets it done.
On the field I have concerns about Dak in the playoffs. Off the field is what I am thinking right now. If Dak resigns for much cheaper then I’d be cool with it. My biggest concern with Dak resigning is how much signing bonus he would get coordinating with the length of the deal. Because like I said in another post, Dak is not immortal. He will retire someday and if he signed a 5 year deal with 200 guaranteed and he retires in 3 years then we’re in trouble. Ala what happened with Aikman. What I don’t want is in 4 years being at this exact place with Dak leaving for sure but instead of 40 million dead cap we have 60-100 million dead cap space. I don’t care how much the salary cap grows between then and now, that much dead cap space would push the rebuild back several years. Now if I felt we had a legit chance at winning it all with paying Dak I’d be all in. I’d be driving to Dallas to advocate for it, but the recent playoff losses don’t fill me with confidence and the salary cap credit card of 50-100 million scares me.
P.S. I have the same concerns with signing Micah to a mega deal. With Micah it’s more of a maturity issue and he disappeared in the playoffs and against good teams. You can’t pay prime time money without getting prime time results. JMO