kungfoodude

Deep Ball Project always does great work.

We did really great in 1999-2008, as well.

I wouldn't because the dead money hit would be massive. Sadly, that CMC deal will be with us for a while.

Not as big a hit as trading CMC. That would be a cap nuke.

OTC is actually showing an additional $6-7 mil in total dead cap for cutting him pre-June 1st. It's actually more dead cap than he has remaining prorated bonus money. In fact it is more money than what he appears to have left in his contract. That's weird.

What was the penalty for being under the 89% 4 year average? Wasn't it taking away future cap space?

Yeah, that is what I am saying. The better long term move for us and the cap is a post June 1st cut, so they definitely are needing this money now. Tagging Moton seems the most likely. If we use it to keep Moton, I can live with that. I would have liked have that additional ~$7 mil less in dead cap over the next three years though. That would have been nice. Also taking that $13.3 mil and rolling it over would have been nice. Oh well. Guess we see what follows now.

Yeah but why not designate him as a June 1st cut and lessen the dead money? That is what makes me wonder if something else isn't imminent.

I think assuming any QB playing beyond 40 is a big assumption. It's obvious these guys can play longer now in the modern era but I don't think a lot of them will want to.

I would like to see him get a 2-3 year deal here. Seems like a great guy to have around and ridiculously talented. Also, interesting to see him doing some boxing training. Perhaps he plans to make that switch after football.

It better be to vet minimum contracts....

He shouldn't be. He is 36.

I puked in my mouth.

Marty Hurney gets confused during the Zoom draft call and selects Micah Parsons for us at #8.

Roy is a backup, Kerr is a starter. That is the difference to me. Doesn't mean I want to get rid of either. But if you made me make a choice right now, I am taking Kerr.

Well they are both relatively cheap. Obviously the rookie deal is better.

I'd keep Kerr over Roy, TBH. We don't have to make that choice, however.

Kerr was legitimately a very good player.

Contract Language Guaranteed money: Media outlets typically announce and talk about the "guaranteed money" in a player's contract. However, much of this money is only partially guaranteed. Compensation in NFL contracts can be guaranteed for three purposes: skill, cap and/or injury. Compensation in a player contract can be guaranteed for one, two, all or none of the guarantees (subject to some rules). If money in a player contract is protected for skill, cap AND injury, that money is fully guaranteed at signing and will be paid to the player. If money is only guaranteed for one or two of the three protections, that money is only partially guaranteed. Here is a quick breakdown of each guarantee category: Skill guarantee: If a player contract is terminated because, in the team's opinion, he does not have the requisite skill (due to a loss or lack of skills comparable to others on the team at his position), the player will be entitled to any money that is protected by a skill guarantee. Cap guarantee: If a player contract is terminated so that a team can get under the salary cap, sign a free agent or re-sign one of its current players, the player is entitled to any money that is protected by a cap guarantee. Injury guarantee: If a player is released but is currently unable to perform football duties (i.e., doesn't pass a physical) as a result of team activities, the player is entitled to any money in his contract protected against injury. An injury-only guarantee is the most common in terms of partially guaranteed money. If it that $10 mil is fully guaranteed, we owe it to him. If it isn't, we may not owe it to him. Neither of us has access to his contract so we don't know. Hence why I talk in uncertain terms. Take a look at the articles from when he signed with us. There were about 3-4 different amounts of guaranteed money that were cited. Because those terms are rarely ever disclosed publicly. So they are all relying on "sources." Maybe it is is fully guaranteed, maybe it isn't. IF we do move on from him, the manner in which we do will tell us what the nature of the guarantee was/is.

You literally don't know those are the exact terms. Read the fine print on that page you pasted. NFL contracts aren't permanent record. It may be fully guaranteed, it may not be.

Well you apparently don't. You are just copying and pasting from Spotrac's website. It's the same info that OTC has. The issue is that the specifics of the language of the structure of the guarantees are rarely disclosed. By all means, you are welcome to try and find that information but unless you plan on calling Teddy's agent and asking him, I doubt you will find a source. Do yourself a favor and research the different types of contract guarantees in the NFL. The NFL actually goes into some depth on this on their website.

That is a problem that spanned both our terrible GM's during that span. I am beginning to think there is a curse on the franchise that refuses to let the team see the value in competent OL play. I hope Fitterer is the antidote to that.

His big payday was also before there was universal recognition that if John Elway likes you, it's a stone cold lock that you aren't going to be a good NFL QB.