(03-19-2019, 04:22 PM)jagibelieve Wrote:

(03-19-2019, 03:43 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote: Some aren’t grasping this situation fully apparently so I’ll explain further.  The only thing the Rams or whoever else was bidding was how much of Blake’s $6.5 million guarantee they’d take on from the Jags.  Blake was getting $6.5 million this year unless he got a contract for more.  If Blake got an offer for the minimum from one team, $2 million from another and $3 million from a 3rd team bidding for him, from his side of the table they’re all 1 year $6.5 million deals.  Their offers are meaningless in trying to persuade him to pick them.  He’s picking the one of the three he wants to go to for reasons that have nothing to do with money.  The only way the above isn’t true is if he’s playing for more than $6.5 million this year.  If a team actually offered more than the minimum, they’re morons and should be fired.


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I kind of understand what you are saying, but I kind of think that you're wrong, especially regarding the part in bold.

The way that I see it is that Blake is earning more than this $6.5 million this season regardless of the contract he signed.  That $6.5 million is already paid out to him and in his bank account.  Say for instance he agreed to a 1 year contract for $1 million.  He essentially earns $7.5 million this season that goes to his bank account and the team that gave him the contract "absorbs" the $1 million from the Jaguars' salary cap.  In other words, the Jaguars will get credit for money that they already paid out to him.

At least I think that's the way that it works.  I believe that there is a difference between what Blake puts in his bank account vs. what happens with team's salary cap.  Remember, he wasn't traded he was a free agent.  Whatever team signed him isn't "absorbing" any of the $6.5 million, it's just the amount that the Jaguars will get credited to them on their salary cap numbers.  

I could be wrong about this and if so, please explain it to me.

Team cap numbers in a given year represent real money that is currently being or has already been paid.  You can’t pay a player money that is never recognized in the cap.  What you’re describing would do exactly that or in this case would temporarily recognize it then wipe it away the following year.  It doesn’t work that way.  If it did, the NFL’s hard cap wouldn’t be all that hard and you’d see offset language in pretty much every contract.

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