(03-09-2018, 08:16 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(03-08-2018, 02:47 PM)JackCity Wrote: So what's the absolute maximum all of you would pay to keep Arob on a long term deal?   Presuming he wants to stay here.

If push came to shove I'd be willing to pay 15 million per year and 35-40 guaranteed.  

In 3 years time that contract is probably outside of the top 10 Wars.

This is a total SWAG, but I think I'd offer him a 4 year, $50 million deal, with 2 years guaranteed. 

I know I'm beating a dead horse, but it all has to fit into a long range plan, with projected contracts for Ramsey, Ngakoue, maybe Fowler, and others.  Projected increases in the salary cap, how much signing bonus, AR's cap hit this year and next year, all that stuff has to be factored in.   Also, right now, not including rollover money, we are right up against the cap, and using all that rollover money this year will cripple our roster in future years unless we find a way to cut a whole bunch of salaries next year.  In addition to that, I'd like to spend some money on the offensive line. 

So, it's a tough question.  We are $27 or $29 million under the cap for this year only.   That point has to be reinforced.   Rollover money is purely temporary.   You only get it to use it once, and then if you do, you put yourself over the cap for the next season.

Where is this fear of the cap space coming from? We have lots of flexibility.

As far as I'm concerned our only *Must keep* young talent at this moment in time is is Yannick and Ramsey.  

The cap goes up 10 or so every year. Cut Dareus and you have 20 million in space next year without doing anything. You could sign Yannick and even front load the deal if you want just with that space.  

Our huge contacts are all easy to get out of. Calais will be 33 in 2020 (year of Ramsey contract) and will save us 16 million.  

Theres no need to worry. We can sign Arob and it will have literally no ability on us keeping our best young players.  Also, I'd much rather sign Arob at 14/15 than sign Jack at 10.   

Take a look over our cap and contracts over the next few years , we have enough cap and flexibility to keep everyone we *need* to.

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