(03-17-2018, 12:06 AM)Jags02 Wrote:

(03-16-2018, 07:01 PM)Predator Wrote: It looks like 2016 was the only year he was due a roster bonus.

He is due to be paid 7 mil this year, 4 of which became guaranteed at 4 pm.

If we had cut him today we would have saved all 7 mil. After 4 pm, we can only save 3 mil if we cut him.

So it wasn't a roster bonus but 4 mil in guaranteed salary they were referring to.


http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/jacksonville-...rns-14929/

There is a huge difference between a roster bonus and guaranteed salary when a trade is involved. In a trade, the old team has to account for any roster bonus they paid him, however, the new team is responsible for all of this base salary including his guaranteed salary. So by not cutting him, they guarantee he gets paid the $4 mil, however, his new team would have to pay it should they manage to trade him. In that event, you might expect him to be traded even if it's just for a conditional 7th round pick. With all of this in mind, however, I don't see them cutting him. That is, provided he is still on the roster, moving forward they either trade him or keep him.

Correct O2.  Hurns signed a 4 year deal with $20m guaranteed.  In the first 2 years, between roster bonus and base salary, he has received $16m.  In 2018, Hurns remaining $4m of guarantee is base salary, not roster bonus.  If the Jags were to cut him, he would receive $4m from the Jags.  If the Jags keep him, he would be paid $7m in base salary this year, the $4m guaranteed plus the $3m not guaranteed.  If the Jags trade him, the new acquiring team would pick up the full $7m base salary, including both guaranteed and non-guaranteed figures.

Given the change Allen has made to his twitter account, the above figures, and the crowded WR corps, I would assume either the Jags have informed him that he is on the trade market, or he has asked the Jags to be traded. I don't believe Hurns wants to just collect a check on the bench for most of the games.

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