Greg Hardy to the Cowboys

[O-Ther]

I love how the NFL media suddenly doesn't care whatsoever about Hardy's trial. As Igo pointed out on Twitter, the same ones just killing him and the Panthers last year are suddenly and mysteriously acting like it was all overblown now that he's a Cowboy.

 

The reality of big market bias.

 

More fans of Patriots, Giants, Steelers, Packers, Cowboys, 9ers, Broncos than smaller market teams. Gotta bow to which fanbases spend the most $$$. It sucks, but that's reality.

[UNCrules2187]

Now THAT is some magic right there. So if he balls out next year and they don't have the cap space to pay for the newly recalculated cap hit then so what? It's not like there is a penalty for being over the cap. You just have to be under it on the day the new year starts. That is some brilliant sh1t right there.

 

In the end, I don't think it matters as Dallas can easily open up a ton of cap space by restructuring Romo's contract to pay out $12m in guaranteed 2015 salary as a bonus as well as designating Brandon Carr as a post-June 1 cut opening up another $8m in space. If they agree on a long-term deal with Dez, that would likely open up another $5-8m in cap space. That's $25-28m right there.

[Bartin]

 

I was wrong, here's how it's being counted:

 

Andrew Brandt ‏@adbrandt  1m1 minute ago

Hardy roster bonuses, past Game Two, are NLTBE (not likely to be earned), based on 2014, count if earned after end-of-year reconciliation.

 

So I guess that means his cap number is $2.64m for the entire year, then is reconciled at the end of the year for however many games he played?

 

It will be ~$3.2M because Hardy was on our active roster for 2 games last year so two bonus game checks will be counted. We voluntarily sat him for the second.

[hepcat]

For that amount I'm glad we didn't re-sign him.  We already paid him for a season we didn't get.  Goodell owes us some draft picks.  fug everything about this.

[AceMan]

Damn!

[O-Ther]

Now THAT is some magic right there. So if he balls out next year and they don't have the cap space to pay for the newly recalculated cap hit then so what? It's not like there is a penalty for being over the cap. You just have to be under it on the day the new year starts. That is some brilliant sh1t right there.

 

EDIT: And if there is a penalty then why wasn't New Orleans hit with it when they were like $24M over the cap 3 weeks ago?

 

New cap hadn't started yet. They did release Pierre Thomas and Curtis Lofton before May 10, when the new year began. Also re-did the deals of Colston, Byrd, Galette, and Bunkley before May 10. Graham trade happened minutes before the May 10 4pm start of the new cap, so they got under it by the skin of their teeth.

 

[Mr. Scot]

I love how the NFL media suddenly doesn't care whatsoever about Hardy's trial. As Igo pointed out on Twitter, the same ones just killing him and the Panthers last year are suddenly and mysteriously acting like it was all overblown now that he's a Cowboy.

Actually, Gantt is on PFT accusing Jerry Jones of being a huge hypocrite because he's not living up to some big talk he did some months back.

[Chaos]

Now let the schedule gods troll Hardy and have the Panthers and Cowboys play during his suspension.

[Moorgan]

In the end, I don't think it matters as Dallas can easily open up a ton of cap space by restructuring Romo's contract to pay out $12m in guaranteed 2015 salary as a bonus as well as designating Brandon Carr as a post-June 1 cut opening up another $8m in space. If they agree on a long-term deal with Dez, that would likely open up another $5-8m in cap space. That's $25-28m right there.

I guess what I'm saying is, if you have escalating cap hits and there are no repercussions to going over the cap during the year then whenever you want to make that important signing but don't have the money you can simply structure it that way.

 

It seems like the only day of the year that the cap actually matters is Day 1 of the league new year. After that there are no penalties for being over it. So all of the maneuverings just have to get done before New Year's Day. With this in mind, and the knowledge that we have a lot of cap space next year, we could easily sign an escalating contract to anyone this year (if it were worth it of course) AND (and this is a big and) the player was amenable to it.

 

A player would not likely be amenable to it because if they blow their knee out in the first game they are fugged and don't get the opportunity to play for those incentives. Hardy was in a bit of a bind so it makes sense for him.

[Sam Mills Fan]

Actually, Gantt is on PFT accusing Jerry Jones of being a huge hypocrite because he's not living up to some big talk he did some months back.

 

Not everyone. But the loudest and most influential are.

[Moorgan]

New cap hadn't started yet. They did release Pierre Thomas and Curtis Lofton before May 10, when the new year began. Also re-did the deals of Colston, Byrd, Galette, and Bunkley before May 10. Graham trade happened minutes before the May 10 4pm start of the new cap, so they got under it by the skin of their teeth.

 

Right. There was no penalty for being over it all year. Just had to be under it when the clock struck midnight (or whatever). That makes for many options I hadn't thought of before. Obviously the player has to agree to as I said in the other post.

 

EDIT: Sorry I'll stop talking about this. Just blew my mind when ti dawned on me you could manipulate the cap in this particular way.

[UNCrules2187]

Right. There was no penalty for being over it all year. Just had to be under it when the clock struck midnight (or whatever). That makes for many options I hadn't thought of before. Obviously the player has to agree to as I said in the other post.

 

Yeah, that's the problem. Hardy had no choice but to accept a deal structured like this. Puts all the risk on the player. 

[Mad_Scientist_565]

only bad part is that we play dallas... oh well. 

[jdpanther5]

If Hardy has a great year then the Cowboys will have to take the remaining $10m+ on their cap next season...

While he plays for Carolina *hides*