Cowboy Brian
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I've been putting a lot of thought into what I think we should do this off-season with our big looming controversy of the DeMarcus Ware situation. I've come up with three solutions that are amicable given Wares' apparent refusal to consider a pay-cut.
1 - Ware agrees to convert 5M in both '14 and '15 into performance based incentives, the exact point in which he receives the entire $12.25M could be determined but likely at 14 sacks. This is ideal for both sides as Ware doesn't necessarily take a paycut while we are able to free up cap space, we also get to put a carrot on the stick to motivate Ware. This seems like a possible solution, likely can get this done by similarly reallocating a large portion of the base salary in each year into guaranteed money.
2 - Outright cut Ware. This is my least favorite option, but nonetheless it is a prevalent option. If Ware is absolutely unreasonable this may be necessary, if so I'd propose signing Jared Allen to a 2-3 year deal. He certainly won't come "cheap", but it won't be an obscene contract either. Allen is still a very good player, and at 31 he still has few good years left. He will likely be seeking a high guarantee on his contract, and Jones is certainly not afraid to do that so this seems plausible. This allows us time to rebuild the d-line as in this scenario we could potentially be losing Ware, Spencer and Hatcher this off-season.
3 - Trade Ware. This seems the most far-fetched, however if we were to package him with another player there could certainly be some interest. There are a few teams with 50m+ in cap room who need to spend money so the contract isn't absolutely prohibitive.
There are a few other potential ways to deal with this that are less likely, such as adding another year to his contract and moving a portion of the money due this year and next to year three, however these three seem to be the most likely, outside of doing absolutely nothing which certainly may be Jones' modus operandi.
1 - Ware agrees to convert 5M in both '14 and '15 into performance based incentives, the exact point in which he receives the entire $12.25M could be determined but likely at 14 sacks. This is ideal for both sides as Ware doesn't necessarily take a paycut while we are able to free up cap space, we also get to put a carrot on the stick to motivate Ware. This seems like a possible solution, likely can get this done by similarly reallocating a large portion of the base salary in each year into guaranteed money.
2 - Outright cut Ware. This is my least favorite option, but nonetheless it is a prevalent option. If Ware is absolutely unreasonable this may be necessary, if so I'd propose signing Jared Allen to a 2-3 year deal. He certainly won't come "cheap", but it won't be an obscene contract either. Allen is still a very good player, and at 31 he still has few good years left. He will likely be seeking a high guarantee on his contract, and Jones is certainly not afraid to do that so this seems plausible. This allows us time to rebuild the d-line as in this scenario we could potentially be losing Ware, Spencer and Hatcher this off-season.
3 - Trade Ware. This seems the most far-fetched, however if we were to package him with another player there could certainly be some interest. There are a few teams with 50m+ in cap room who need to spend money so the contract isn't absolutely prohibitive.
There are a few other potential ways to deal with this that are less likely, such as adding another year to his contract and moving a portion of the money due this year and next to year three, however these three seem to be the most likely, outside of doing absolutely nothing which certainly may be Jones' modus operandi.
