NoSaint

Its so tricky to peg early qb draft slots. Unlike the top lb or wr who will land in a pretty tight range — one gm disliking a qb can see a fall from 4 to 25 all of a sudden every team getting decent place holders might slow the run run a bit... or not at all

Thats monster- essentially a2 year 34m fully guaranteed with a third year option at a discount of 14m....

Easy - would you rather sign shady (or any in their prime feature back) and get the first qb for about 10-15m per year for the pair or Bradford and Barkley for 20-25m per year or cousins and Barkley for 35+ per year

Though please baby Jesus don’t let them create long term dead cap issues for RB with a ton of miles that will be 30 before camp. can and should are very different things here for that player. You want to target guys that you fully expect to fulfill their contract if restructuring May as well always push it later. You can rollover any unused. Essentially if you can be disciplined with your credit card it can give you flexibility, but if you are reckless you can get into trouble.

I doubt that’s the incentive... I’ll bet it’s tied to percentage of snaps and the sliding scale likely gets him there far lower than 100% not a big deal but just the more likely structure

Because they probably aren’t wildly different talents...

Other than disengaging I’m at a loss for how to respond to “just go over the cap”

Apparently a troll?

Have you seen an empty stadium late season? That’s the lack of enthusiasm that poor asset allocation creates. So, yes, many fans will stop cheering if we give out tons of dumb deals.

See we theres this thing called the salary cap. Each contract takes up a portion of it. So if you spend 20m on a guy that’s not very good, its a problem being able to afford guys that are actually contributing. I don’t care about the check, but the percentage of cap. If teams could only spend $1m for the roster I’d worry about $1000 here and there instead of a couple million here and there.

Add the dead Tyrod money and we still come out comfortably. I like it. Stars aligned nicely for us here. I don’t think he’s the guy but I do think he’s a fair shot at a fair price.

As these scenarios go it’s one of the more practical. If they love a young guy and are worried about either the shoulder or relationship it’s a good chance to make a move that might make sense for both sides The flip side is do you end up like the saints of the last decade by picking up a young qb that’s shown capable but is in a unique situation (both injury and ability to replace with a high pick). its a risk but you almost never acquire a slam dunk qb

If he thinks this is toms last year and that our potential top 5 guy starts immediately (more or less) that he sees a quicker path to the field there. Maybe.

If he thinks it’s toms last year it could be a nice spot for him

If 2 years and sub-20m total I’d be pretty comfortable with him and a rookie battling for an opportunity. Not a dream come true but top pick plus a vet with upside is what you hope for in our situation

I’ll take him for peanuts. I do not like him at a premium. If we are talking good backup instead of bad starter money I’d be in.

Ah ERFA and RFA are two different things- makes sense now And both the numbers for the minimum offer and the process didn’t match the RFA process. Simple misunderstanding with it actually being ERFA.

Remember that market if we start looking for a RT. It’s thin and they are making money. Had me a little antsy about cordy but we will see

Every year we see the same posts... if you are good at the cap, you can work it to squeez quite a bit. We’ve never been in bad shape, despite a lot of worry.

Where’d you get it? Offers aren’t based on years accrued but round of compensation if signed away, no?

I believe he wore 25 in Nola to the same effect decent player that I’ve mentioned as a depth safety before. Won’t love him, and likely won’t hate him unless he has a run of specifically good or bad luck

Yup. Id take Watson over white and 22 this year. Maybe we nail it and he he falls apart but right now we are still coming from behind

Fair enough! But you get my point- our 37 vs another teams 48 isn’t a great indicator. And depending on where guys are in contract cycles etc... how much space next year is a complicated question and a simple answer that can mislead.

You also have to identify how many players under contract and who they are right now next years salary cap number doesn’t mean much

The only question mark is who the vet is. i like it with a cheap one, but not with bradford, McCarron or Keenum for more money than Tyrod was PLUS the dead money. the trade in a vacuum is fine though.