PatsWickedPissah

BINGO! We gots Bingo!

PatsSteve1

It'd make no sense to push the cap hit out to later years unless they were going to do something with teh space this year. Unless it's some new accounting trick -

BelichickFan

Yeah, Dillon is one of the guys I definitely didn't expect to push our obligation to out into future years.

mtbykr

Anyone else feel like Christmas morning: you know something is coming but you have no earthly idea what it is!

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Boston Boxer

I think they are extending Big Sey to a big contract...that would be better than any FA signing I could think of. fingers crossed

GoPats

I think they may be changing the way they do some contracts. Instead of back-loading their big contracts they will front-load the contracts. Just like the Vikings and a few other clubs did with a few contracts when they had lots of cap room. If they sign Big Sey and Branch, you may see the Pats take a big hit this year and lessen the cap hit in future years giving them more flexibility.

Pats726

I think we would all be happy...Sey is a big deal and..needed here!!

Miguel

I do not get it, either. The Pats just gave Dillon a $3 million option bonus.
There are 3 other possibilities, none of which I think are likely.

1.) Dillon agreed to a paycut. But why do so after getting the $3 million option bonus.
2.) Dillon agreed to a paycut with the hopes of making up the money with incentives. Ditto.
3.) Dillon agreed to become a 6/2 release. His $710,000 salary would remain on the Pats cap until 6/2. Ditto.

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JoeSixPat

The more important question for me, Miguel, is what type of a cap hit the Pats would take if they cut him after this season.

I'm one who believes that Corey played injured last season, and most assuredly is not washed up.

But nor do I think his 5 year contract was meant to be five years. I hope we get a few more seasons out of him but in the worst case scenario, at the time he was signed, I figured a $10 million signing bonus translated into $5 mil a year for 2 years if his skills only lasted that long.

That, assuming he played like he did in 2004, seemed very palatable to me at the time.

But if his skills aren't back this season when he's fully healthy, the Pats will have to decide whether to cut him for next season. At that point, what would his dead money value be?

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Miguel

$5,767,500.

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