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The Ware deal wasn't perfect or he wouldn't be getting his Super Bowl experience with Denver after a release.
But it wasn't bad or unfair to us.
Probably should have been handled better at the end but we thought he was really 3-4 OLB and didn't wanna pay him at his age in the 4-3.
Our bad IMHO.
TSmith can be restructured but no, you don't want to max restructure him on a rolling yearly basis.
Stephen has worked hard to get away from this nonsensical way to do business.
And no team does that on a 4 win team unless they have mental issues.
But he's young and good? YES. he is very good, and very young for the position. But he will likely retire as the highest earning OL in NFL history.
His next contract will DWARF this one.
So you can't really afford to NOT take SOME of the 10m cap hits now.
Every year you full re-structure him you add about 2m to EACH of the next 5 seasons.
So even in the currently friendly contract you are quickly locked into 10m guaranteed cap hits yearly.
He is signed very long-term but you can almost guarantee a major re-structure will occur in a few years once many other OT have surpassed his salary.
You don't want a 20m cap hit pending when you do so because he at any time can decide NOT to sign one of those restructures as part of his desire for a new deal.
You'd be much better off to pick a season every couple years to max restructure.
Tie it together with your compensatory pick plan to use the cap other other year.
Going out and spending big has worked well for Denver obviously but wouldn't you rather be Carolina and look like you might live in the Super Bowl the next 5 years??
Denver may well be a bottom 10 team the next 3-4 years after this one.
The Ware deal wasn't perfect or he wouldn't be getting his Super Bowl experience with Denver after a release.
But it wasn't bad or unfair to us.
Probably should have been handled better at the end but we thought he was really 3-4 OLB and didn't wanna pay him at his age in the 4-3.
Our bad IMHO.
TSmith can be restructured but no, you don't want to max restructure him on a rolling yearly basis.
Stephen has worked hard to get away from this nonsensical way to do business.
And no team does that on a 4 win team unless they have mental issues.
But he's young and good? YES. he is very good, and very young for the position. But he will likely retire as the highest earning OL in NFL history.
His next contract will DWARF this one.
So you can't really afford to NOT take SOME of the 10m cap hits now.
Every year you full re-structure him you add about 2m to EACH of the next 5 seasons.
So even in the currently friendly contract you are quickly locked into 10m guaranteed cap hits yearly.
He is signed very long-term but you can almost guarantee a major re-structure will occur in a few years once many other OT have surpassed his salary.
You don't want a 20m cap hit pending when you do so because he at any time can decide NOT to sign one of those restructures as part of his desire for a new deal.
You'd be much better off to pick a season every couple years to max restructure.
Tie it together with your compensatory pick plan to use the cap other other year.
Going out and spending big has worked well for Denver obviously but wouldn't you rather be Carolina and look like you might live in the Super Bowl the next 5 years??
Denver may well be a bottom 10 team the next 3-4 years after this one.