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Rivera Combine Press conference


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2 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Doesn't sound like we should get our hopes up on Kalil (unfortunately, a lot of us already did).

Doesn't sound like fans of free agent safeties or Colin Kaepernick should get their hopes up either.

Rivera repeating again how we need to find a runningback to split time with McCaffrey just makes me want to pound my head against the wall.

I've stopped holding my breath for this franchise to make intelligent roster and depth chart decisions. I really wish one of these hack reporters would really push Ron on CJ and throw his stats with the Rams after we cut him in his face.

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1 minute ago, Pejorative Miscreant said:

Or he could just say hey everyone we are cutting Matt Kalil and we want to make sure you all know we are definitely targeting an OT in the draft, most likely first round.  

Nothing but coach speak   

 

He is not a very good strategist. 

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23 minutes ago, stbugs said:

Yes. If we cut him today, we owe him nothing else. We are all paid up unless we keep him too long (see 3/15 below).

That’s dead cap. It is not what he called it “guaranteed.” Unless we are stupid and let him stay till 3/15, nothing more is owed Kalil. Kalil has gotten $25m so far. Our cap hits have only been $10m so far. That extra $15m (14.7 to be exact) is cap space that hits us no matter whether we keep or release him. Kalil’s $7m salary for 2019 is guaranteed on 3/15, but that $14.9m is a cap hit not guaranteed money. 

This quote from the article is 100% incorrect:

Well, $14.7m of it is guaranteed, so if they want, they can cut him tomorrow and pay him that sum straight up

Yeah you’re probably right. Although the distinction between guaranteed and dead cap seems like semantics. But I’m FAR from a cap expert - far. But I don’t think him wording it as guaranteed takes away from the point of how it’s going to affect the cap and the team’s ability to sign other players. Which is the point. But this is probably all for nothing, because he says, like we believe, that they’re going to move on from him.

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5 minutes ago, Pejorative Miscreant said:

Or he could just say hey everyone we are cutting Matt Kalil and we want to make sure you all know we are definitely targeting an OT in the draft, most likely first round.  

By the time the draft gets here in May, everyone will know what we're doing with Kalil anyway since that decision will be made by the middle of March when Kalil's 2019 salary becomes guaranteed..

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7 minutes ago, Pejorative Miscreant said:

Or he could just say hey everyone we are cutting Matt Kalil and we want to make sure you all know we are definitely targeting an OT in the draft, most likely first round.  

Nothing but coach speak   I’m not saying kalil will be gone or he will stay but I don’t think Rivera is gonna lay everything out there for the world to see either   

 

If we cut Kalil it'll be well before the draft happens anyway. If we cut Kalil and don't sign a decent FA OT, then everyone is going to to know that we'll be looking hard at OTs in the draft. Everyone tries to be coy leading up to the draft, but teams scout each other. They know each other's needs and they generally know they types of players teams like at particular positions. There really aren't THAT many true surprises in the draft.

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17 minutes ago, stbugs said:

In the latter, we owe him no more money so keeping him in 2019 means we are paying him $7+ million new money. The latter is the actual current situation.

 

I get what you're saying about his misuse of guaranteed, but this is what the article is saying. It's evaluating keeping him and paying him $7M vs taking the dead cap hit and having to find someone new. 

Edit: and yes, I know you're typically right. Which is why I repeatedly call you my favorite poster.  

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