Although not the ideal scenario for any team that values harmony between player and player, any team that trades for Garoppola is guaranteed 3 years of cost control at a very reasonable average cost of $18 mill / year
year 1 (2017).......$800k
year 2 (2018)......$23 mill (franchised)
year 3 (2019)......$30 mill (franchised)
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3 year total........$54 mill.............$18 mill /year average
The beauty of this strategy from the new team's perspective:
1) No signing bonus required in any year
2) Team can cut losses with no forward cap damage
No doubt, the year 3 ...$30 mill salary is excessive....but a team could use cap savings from prior years to help fund year 3. Set aside a sizable chunk of $$$ in 2017 when JG only costs $800k
On another note, Felger and Maz are pounding the table saying Jimmy G should not play ball with NE and allow himself to be traded to a crap team this year. They insist he should wait until next offseason and get to free agency when the team choice will be his alone.
F & M...confirming their idiots status
More important than the reality that NE can tag JG next year thereby controlling his destiny for an extra year, think about the damage JG will do to his bank account while getting a year older and not starting.
The choice...make a lot of money now and be a starter...or....sit and make $800k and maybe sit again the following year. How old will he be then?
How many agents are going to recommend sitting and making peanuts vs starting and getting rich.
Who knows what the Pats are planning....but the notion that JG would postpone a major opportunity potentially available to him this year ....no way.
