Galian Beast
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First let me start off by saying that I don't think a trade would be impossible. I just think it is really unlikely. I think Stephen Jones' comments that a trade is possible is really different from the language we were hearing over the last couple weeks. I think if a team feels they need to move a player next week we will certainly look at what it would take to get them, and whether or not it was worth it, but waiting another week makes it easier to absorb any hit, so it makes sense why we wouldn't have done anything this week. Also teams are going to be more willing to do something next week, especially if they lose.
Let's start with Adrian Peterson. First thing I would say is this couldn't be Herschel Walker 2.0 I'd give at most a 1st and a 3rd and maybe some combination of players like Austin and Murray (but trading Austin makes the 2014 cap situation much more difficult to handle, especially adding a contract like APs).
So what is the score? Waiting until after this weeks games, APs remaining salary will be 6 million for the year. Which is the cheapest it can get before the trade deadline.
AP has 7 years in the league so his minimum base salary is 840k. To be honest, I'm not sure how this calculates in a trade. Since he has already been paid 840k, I don't know if its possible to convert the entire 6 million into signing bonus, or if 840k or some percentage of that has to remain based on how many weeks are left in the season.
Let's assume that it has to be a minimum of 840k so we can test the feasibility if that is the case. Spreading the remainder over 5 years of his contract would be 1.032 million per year + 840k for this year = 1.872 million. We currently have 1.748 million, so we'd have to work some things out in the cap, and we wouldn't have any room to sign roster churning players anymore without doing additional moves. Assuming that 840k doesn't factor in you could take the 6 million, spread it over 5 years, and it would be 1.2 million this year, which would fit under the cap.
Obviously the issue would be how to handle APs future salary, but if AP were already a cowboy I don't think many people would suggest that we cut him.
So I think the major problem is how much would we have to give the Vikings for him.
Here are other players we are being discussed in trades and how much they would cost this year:
Jared Allen - 7,560,320 we would have to extend him to a minimum of a 4 year (3 more years) deal depending on what the rule is on salary minimums and how much we could move around on the cap.
Maurice Jones Drew - 2,620,588 we would have to at least extend him a year, and obviously he would want more than that. I honestly don't think it would be worth trading for MJD, though I could be wrong.
Putting Miles Austin in a trade would save us 2.911 million dollars this year, though it would be a pain to deal with all of his dead money next year, but we would still save 400k dollars. So on one hand it would make any trade this year MUCH easier, where as, it would make handling someone's large contract next year, much more difficult. I think Miles Austin actually has decent trade quality. His final year is unworkable, but the first two are extremely manageable. I just don't know who would want to take a risk on those hamstrings. Maybe the Colts or Falcons would bite? I don't know, I doubt it. I think it would come down to trading him for like a 7th round draft pick or a conditional 7th round draft pick just to get him off the roster mid season.
Let's start with Adrian Peterson. First thing I would say is this couldn't be Herschel Walker 2.0 I'd give at most a 1st and a 3rd and maybe some combination of players like Austin and Murray (but trading Austin makes the 2014 cap situation much more difficult to handle, especially adding a contract like APs).
So what is the score? Waiting until after this weeks games, APs remaining salary will be 6 million for the year. Which is the cheapest it can get before the trade deadline.
AP has 7 years in the league so his minimum base salary is 840k. To be honest, I'm not sure how this calculates in a trade. Since he has already been paid 840k, I don't know if its possible to convert the entire 6 million into signing bonus, or if 840k or some percentage of that has to remain based on how many weeks are left in the season.
Let's assume that it has to be a minimum of 840k so we can test the feasibility if that is the case. Spreading the remainder over 5 years of his contract would be 1.032 million per year + 840k for this year = 1.872 million. We currently have 1.748 million, so we'd have to work some things out in the cap, and we wouldn't have any room to sign roster churning players anymore without doing additional moves. Assuming that 840k doesn't factor in you could take the 6 million, spread it over 5 years, and it would be 1.2 million this year, which would fit under the cap.
Obviously the issue would be how to handle APs future salary, but if AP were already a cowboy I don't think many people would suggest that we cut him.
So I think the major problem is how much would we have to give the Vikings for him.
Here are other players we are being discussed in trades and how much they would cost this year:
Jared Allen - 7,560,320 we would have to extend him to a minimum of a 4 year (3 more years) deal depending on what the rule is on salary minimums and how much we could move around on the cap.
Maurice Jones Drew - 2,620,588 we would have to at least extend him a year, and obviously he would want more than that. I honestly don't think it would be worth trading for MJD, though I could be wrong.
Putting Miles Austin in a trade would save us 2.911 million dollars this year, though it would be a pain to deal with all of his dead money next year, but we would still save 400k dollars. So on one hand it would make any trade this year MUCH easier, where as, it would make handling someone's large contract next year, much more difficult. I think Miles Austin actually has decent trade quality. His final year is unworkable, but the first two are extremely manageable. I just don't know who would want to take a risk on those hamstrings. Maybe the Colts or Falcons would bite? I don't know, I doubt it. I think it would come down to trading him for like a 7th round draft pick or a conditional 7th round draft pick just to get him off the roster mid season.
