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Brady has a $15M salary. yes, much of this can be put into future dead money.
so sad
The patriots won the Super Bowl and will be at least as strong as last year. And you want to move lots of money into future dead money, something the team has never done. And why? because you think that signing a couple of additional free agents will make all the difference this year, and because the future just doesn't matter. After all, we'll be gone after Brady, won't we? Well, we won't!! belichick will operate as he always has.
There are several players whose contract can be restructured. Many millions can be moved forward. After all, there are lots of ways that involved creating dead money. For example, Hightower can be extended.
The patriots are in better position that any other team, by far. We need to sign a DT and a TE. That will happen.
so sad
The patriots won the Super Bowl and will be at least as strong as last year. And you want to move lots of money into future dead money, something the team has never done. And why? because you think that signing a couple of additional free agents will make all the difference this year, and because the future just doesn't matter. After all, we'll be gone after Brady, won't we? Well, we won't!! belichick will operate as he always has.
There are several players whose contract can be restructured. Many millions can be moved forward. After all, there are lots of ways that involved creating dead money. For example, Hightower can be extended.
The patriots are in better position that any other team, by far. We need to sign a DT and a TE. That will happen.
Quick question. Would it be possible to give Brady say a 10 year contract such that whatever up front money would be spread out THAT long. Given what the cap is and what is looks like and like it will looik down the road, having something like $3-5mm/yr in dead money every year, long after Brady retires is a small price to pay to have cap space NOW and next year to add significant players to the roster as needed.
Right now Miguel says we have $14MM in cap space, but that is a phony number since he has already stated we will need around $5MM to sign all the rookies. So we really only have $9MM available to sign players. Lets assume whatever contract Valdheer signs takes up around $3MM for this year. That leaves $6MM more for FA's. And then there is the fact that Pats like to keep that kind of space available for potential inseason moves.
So right now, we really don't have ANY cap space left to sign new veteran FA's past Valdheer......UNLESS Brady restructures....and I'm assuming that won't happen until after 6/1, though they really need to do it....like NOW!
But let me know if its allowable to sign Brady to something like a Bobby Bonilla kind of a deal