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Blake Bortles drawing trade interest

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03-12-2019, 10:23 PM

(03-12-2019, 08:00 PM)ATLjag Wrote:
(03-12-2019, 06:11 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: Hmm....  I had said some time ago that it would be nice if the team could possibly trade him.  What team(s) might be interested in him?  I'm by no means a salary expert, but how much is he owed on his current contract?  Looking at overthcap.com it appears that he has 2 years a total of $44 million remaining with $6.5 million guaranteed.  Is that correct?

I'm just wondering how a trade would work out for him and how a team might be able to restructure his current contract.

A team that acquires Bortles in a trade would be inheriting 2 years remaining in the contract.  They would be on the hook for $14m in base salary plus $2m in roster bonus, for a 2019 cap hit of $16m.  The 2nd season, he is due only an $18m base salary.  An acquiring team would not take on any cap or fiscal responsibility for his $10m of unamortized signing bonus.  An acquiring team may structure a trade after the Jags pay him a roster bonus to try to cut their 2019 cap hit to $14m.

^This

It would save the Jags at least $7.5M off the cap if he were traded instead of cut. The Jags are on the hook for $14M (plus the roster bonus if that's guaranteed), but any salary Bortles receives this year, up to $6.5M, would come off the total.

That 7th round pick, conditional only if Bortles is named Superbowl MVP this year, sounds like a good deal.



                                                                          

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Blake Bortles drawing trade interest - by knarnn - 03-12-2019, 01:20 PM
RE: Blake Bortles drawing trade interest - by FBT - 03-13-2019, 06:01 PM
RE: Blake Bortles drawing trade interest - by MalabarJag - 03-12-2019, 10:23 PM
RE: Blake Bortles drawing trade interest - by PF* - 03-13-2019, 07:08 PM
RE: Blake Bortles drawing trade interest - by FBT - 03-14-2019, 07:56 AM



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