(03-15-2022, 07:55 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(03-15-2022, 07:40 PM)Upper Wrote: If only...

Also, I figured out why Baalke didn't do the Cooper or Collins trade. The first year cap hits for all of these deals are very small so he could fit them all under the cap. If he traded for either Cowboy the 2022 cap hits for both would be too large for his "plan". If Collins gets cut he will attempt to negotiate a tiny first year cap hit and then backload the rest of the deal too.

God, I hate back loaded deals. That's what Baalke did in San Francisco and when they finally got rid of him, they were in "cap hell" for years, because of all the back loaded deals he did.

....so your preference is to pay a guy 30-odd mill this year between signing bonus and salary, and pray that he doesn't hold out for a new deal when the final year only pays 2-3MM?

The structures are not overly lopsided. Cap hits are reduced in the first year, but the player is getting the entirety of the bonus today to offset their temporarily reduced salary. If they are playing well, the contract affords them a salary consistent with other players around the league. If they aren't, the cap hit/dead money is not going to put us in a bare bones season to revive our cap.

Did you look at the deals before you dismissed them based on your preconceptions? Come on.

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