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Sad news but the Solder/Vollmer era was bound to start soon. Hope Vollmer's back issues are gone soon.
Wish Matt all the best post-football, thanks for 11 great seasons!
He got a lot of wrath from Pats fans over the years,but he truly was the leader on the OL for over a decade and he will certainly be in the Pats HOF very soon.
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I believe it saves $3.5M cap space in 2012...
Maybe a lower pick. We do have three remaining.
Agreed but now if one of the top OT's fall to #27 I think BB will fire on him
I believe it saves $3.5M cap space in 2012...
Light's cap hit is actually 8 Million. Yes, he'd making 3.5 million, but that's because he received a significant signing bonus last year when he signed his 2 year deal. He also has 1.5 million in LTBE. The Pats could convert that to a Roster bonus if they wanted to and Light would be at 5 million for the season. But, again, he got a big signing bonus last year.in all likelihood, Light is retiring, but i'm gonna toss this out there for consideration:
Could the silence about retirement be a way of getting the team to pony up more $$$ for this season? Maybe there is a bit of a showdown behind the scenes. I know his cap hit is about $6M, but he's only getting about $3.5M in cash on 2012. (forgive me for characterizing it as 'only', but based on market rates for LTs...)
Could Light be asking/expecting the team to extend him, with more guaranteed $$$...?
Seems to me he would/could have a couple more solid years if he wanted to keep playing. I wonder what his reasoning is for retiring now.
I believe it saves $3.5M cap space in 2012...
It actually saves 5 million in cap space. There is the 3.4 million in salary, 100K in roster bonus and 1.5 million in LTBE bonuses.