(10-07-2018, 07:25 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: The truth??  It's simple freakin math. You keep trying to twist this [BLEEP].  Blake's contract is $57.5 million dollars less in guaranteed money.  You can't keep sweeping that under the rug. He also has an out after 2019 that will let them start a young QB in 2020 on a cheap rookie deal. 

In comparison - Cousins' salary in 2020 is 31 million - in a year when Ramsey and Ngakoue are due.  

You can try to spin this crap all night, but it's stupid. And I didn't even hate the idea of Cousins in teal, I just understand why they didn't do it.

I do not care about guaranteed money when we're talking three year deals. I don't get why you can't understand that. We're not cutting Bortles and leaving 16.5 mil in dead cap, so year 2 might as well be guaranteed even if it is not "guaranteed".

Literally the only scenario that the guaranteed money matters is if Bortles is so bad that we want to cut him in year 3. And obviously if he's been so bad that we want to cut him and start over again at QB smack in the middle of a championship window then the entire debate is dead on arrival to begin with.

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(10-07-2018, 07:27 PM)TheSchmidt Wrote: Bortles cap hit is 21 mil in 2019 and 23 mil in 2020, while Cousins is 29 and 31

Can't imagine that 8 million is going to cause this team to cut every good player.

Sure, you probably lose a Church and a Dareus, but that's nothing when you actually have a respectable offense.

You can show a hoard of biased fans some facts, but you cannot make them comprehend them.

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