xwalker
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Carrs total cap charge would be 6mil. prorated SB still applies to the cap. thats what i go by not by how much the player is making personally. Looking at it as anything different then the total cap charge is a stupid way to look at it when talking about the cap situation. I know you know what i mean when i talk about Carr specifically. IDK if its just trolling or what but whatever.
It's been discussed here many times recently by more than just me that the 2015 cap is not the issue. The Cowboys are making decisions based on future years. They have the ability to do just about anything under the 2015 cap itself but will limit their spending based on the multiple year cap effect.
Focusing on just the cap hit is the uninformed way to look at it, especially in terms of what you can expect the player to actually accept.
If you are lowering his cap hit to 6M then that means that he takes a pay cut from 8M to 1.3M.
Current cap hit = 12.7M
New Cap hit = 6M
Difference 12.7M - 6M = 6.7M
The Difference has to come out of his base salary 8M - 6.7M = 1.3M.
On McClain so Jerry would have to write him a check for 5mil for the SB. but a base of 1mil. 1mil base 1mil pro rated against the cap is alot?
That's a 6M guarantee in the spring of 2015 for a guy that has a lot of question marks surrounding him. A contract more like Melton signed for 2014 would seem more reasonable. One where he has incentives in the 1st year and then gets the significant guarantee in later years.
Tyrons deal is meant to be restructured on a yearly basis if need. yes the money is trickled down for 5 yrs. But there are yrs where there is no prorated bonus right now because of the length. If thye keep restructuring him thats like having a whole new contract after the 5th yr without having to restructure a new one. This was genius by the cowboys and awsome by tyron to accept. He understood the terms and new Dallas would giving him more guaranteed money throughout the contract because of how they run the cap. wouldnt be suprised when its said and done about 40-45mil wouldnt been given to him up front instead of waiting for them weekley paychecks. Something Dez doesnt understand. Just because the SB was small in their offer didnt mean they werent going to restructure to get more to him. Im sure his agent told him what any agent would in they can cut you and you wouldnt see most of that money. But lets be honest Dallas isnt cutting Dez. that was a bad buisness decision by his agent. Dez fired him after too.
He took a contract with 22M guaranteed up front with a 10M SB and the 1st two years guaranteed. In 2015 you're giving him a restructure bonus in place of his base salary but that base was already guaranteed. In the following years he will get restructure bonuses that replace that upcoming year's salary. That salary was already going to be guaranteed when the season started. The only change is that it gets guaranteed in March instead of September.
The only significant issues in his contract are that he agreed to a reasonable up front 22M guarantee and that it's a long term, somewhat back loaded contract that is good for the team in the event that he got a career ending injury. Getting continuous restructures is not a significant benefit to him. It just moves the guarantee for that year from September to March.
Actually theres plenty of reports around the net on his progress wich has been reported as very good. He himself has said he will be working ut and doing some things for scouts before the draft. And then still has 4months from the draft before the first game. But youre right we dont know. Still like him at 27.
The issue is that if teams expect him to be ready for game 1 or for training camp, then he is unlikely to be available at #27. If he is not going to be ready and drops to #27 then it's questionable if the Cowboys are in a good situation to wait for a player to return at mid season.
The refused to pay Free with the way he was paying and their cap situation. Right now he is a different player and the situation is different. Why do you think that its automatically thinking its 5mil a yr? They can pay him 1mil in a base and 2 in his prorated bonus, leave it at 1mil in the 2nd yr or kick it up a little and have a 3-4mil cap hit in yr 2. and cut him in yr three and have a 2mil cap hit, but save 5-6mil on the cap in that 3rd yr.
You were giving him a SB of 5M and probably a 1M salary. That's 6M guaranteed for 2015 for a guy that is 31 and has had ankle surgeries the past two off-seasons. It seems that you are implying that it would be:
SB 5M
2015 1M
2016 1M
2017 8M
Then that's really a 2 year, 7M contract but your guaranteeing him 6M for 2015 just so that you don't have to restructure Romo. You could just pay him 3.5M per with no SB and be done with it. If he has issues in 2015 then you're only on the hook for the 3.5M. You're risking the extra amount just for the purpose of pushing some money forward but you could just restructure Romo and have less overall risk.
Why pay Beasley 2.1mil for 1 yr when you can sign him for more yrs. I can bet you that he would get offered more as a UFA. Dallas has been doing this with their top RFA for yrs. They did this exact same thing with Barry Church in 2012. Whats the problem? They gave Church 8mil after a couple games then his injury. but still gave him the 8mil after the season ended.
According to both Spotrac and OTC, Barry Church signed a 4 year / $8,827,000 contract with the Dallas Cowboys, including a $2,500,000 signing bonus, $3,327,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $2,206,750. I thought his contract was a little more, but they both have it at 8.8M total.
Church plays 100% of the defensive snaps and about 50% of the Special Teams snaps. Beasley plays about 35% of the offensive snaps and none of Special Teams.
