crowell33

How is it possible that Holmes has a 5 year contract with $24 million guaranteed, and a cap number of only $2.45 mil this season ? The $24 million can't be a future option bonus ( or else it wouldn't be guaranteed ). Doesn't the $24 million guarantee have to be spread over the 5 years of the contract for cap purposes ?

Or is it possible that the future year salaries are guaranteed but not paid up front? Still sounds wrong because if the first year base salary is $1 million, I thought the annual increases in base salary could only go up a certain percentage annually ?

Anyone have any ideas ? Hate watching the Jets manipulate the cap every year. It never seems to catch up with them.

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24Lockdown

simple. we're cheating.

Deus Irae

I'm sure there's a link to PFF that could tell us...

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randomk1

lulz another jet fan growing balls?

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slash83

Who gives a *****

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NovaScotiaPatsFan

The Commish is a Jet.

Nuff Sed.

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24Lockdown

rex made my balls drop 2 years ago. before that, we were all too busy stroking BB...

wcpatsfan

I'm not sure. But if this ISN'T going to catch up with the Jets at some point (and that looks more and more likely to be the case), then the Pats need to get creative too. Can't be left behind because you're operating under a business model from 5 years ago.

randomk1

And can we please stop with the ******* hysteria already?

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Doggin94it

No. It depends how it's structured. You can have a guaranteed roster bonus that would get converted to an option bonus and further spread across the life of the contract from the moment of exercise. you can have guaranteed salary in later years. You can have a non-guaranteed option bonus and an insurance policy that pays you the full amount of the bonus if it isn't exercised. The only way "guaranteed money" has to be spread over the life of the contract is if it is signing bonus.

As for how they're doing it - they have one of the best GMs in football.