Player Signing Devin McCourty resigned on 1 year deal.

[jah]

I want to see him mentor an early pick in the defensive backfield this year.

 

[ralmat55]

It mignt be a revision of his current deal like had been discussed for tom. It was important we got this done before FA because I think we can punt dead money now.

Edit: yup

$5.88 million would be the cap figure with the two voidable years already on the books. It was scheduled to be $6.45 million of dead money before the deal. $507,000 of additional space.

 

[Ross12]

Yeah, I think I've mentioned a few times so far this offseason that I was pretty sure McCourty would be back for at least 1 more season. Due to the voidable years on his contract, if he did actually leave, his future year hits would accelerate onto 2022's cap and cause him to have a fairly decently sized amount of dead money. By signing him this year, they will at least still have him on the roster for their money.

I'm curious how exactly this deal works out and whether his cap hit is equal or less in '22 than what it would've been if he left entirely (I'd bet it's less) and also what his cap hits in future years now look like. Perhaps they kicked the can down the road a bit further with void years.

Either way, happy to have him back - while he's clearly not the same guy he was, he also hasn't fallen off entirely like Hightower has appeared to. He's still fast enough and smart enough to be a decent free safety and they didn't really have a replacement for him right now either. Plus, obviously, he's a locker room leader.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

Eliminates a need if mills stays at cb full time. If jcj leaves you still need a atarting corner and perhaps an upgrade to bryant at cb4 but its better than needing 3 cbs if mills needed to switch. Assuming that with some maneuvering his cap hit this year is at or around what his dead cap hit wouldve been had he not played . This is good news. Hoping for a pleasant suprise and seeing jcj back or sign a guy like ward

 

[DaBruinz]

We need 2 outside Cbs for me to feel comfortable... just saying

Don't sleep on Shaun Wade.

 

[venecol]

Looks like they're re-signing Slater and Hoyer also. More of the same isn't going to move this team further along than what they were last year. I guess we'll see how much more McC has in the tank.

 

[DaBruinz]

$5.88 million would be the cap figure with the two voidable years already on the books. It was scheduled to be $6.45 million of dead money before the deal. $507,000 of additional space.

Based on what, exactly? There is 2.15 in Amortized bonus there already. But Unless you know exactly how the rest of the contract is structured, you're pulling the $5.88M number out of your rear end.

 

[Hammer of Thor]

Yeah, I think I've mentioned a few times so far this offseason that I was pretty sure McCourty would be back for at least 1 more season. Due to the voidable years on his contract, if he did actually leave, his future year hits would accelerate onto 2022's cap and cause him to have a fairly decently sized amount of dead money. By signing him this year, they will at least still have him on the roster for their money.

I'm curious how exactly this deal works out and whether his cap hit is equal or less in '22 than what it would've been if he left entirely (I'd bet it's less) and also what his cap hits in future years now look like. Perhaps they kicked the can down the road a bit further with void years.

Either way, happy to have him back - while he's clearly not the same guy he was, he also hasn't fallen off entirely like Hightower has appeared to. He's still fast enough and smart enough to be a decent free safety and they didn't really have a replacement for him right now either. Plus, obviously, he's a locker room leader.

Will be interesting to see the structure of the deal, Rapoport says 1 year $9m. Fatmancryin is right that the 2023/2024 void years that would have been accelerated to 2022 were worth $4.3m. So either — 2022 cap charge is $4.7m higher than it would have been but you actual get the player, and there would be a $4.3m void year hit in 2023. Or some of that $9m was paid as a signing bonus, which would lower 2022 cap charge but would raise 2023 void year charge. Either way, Pats are paying an extra $9m in cap charges in 2022 and 2023 to have McCourty on the roster this year.

 

[JayNM]

Don't sleep on Shaun Wade.

Im treating him as a rookie, ill wake up once good TC reports roll in

 

[Hammer of Thor]

Looks like they're re-signing Slater and Hoyer also. More of the same isn't going to move this team further along than what they were last year. I guess we'll see how much more McC has in the tank.

Yeah, Mike Reiss mentioned those 3 guys specifically this morning as being very likely to resign, and less than 12 hours later McCourty’s already back. I think someone (Kraft) fed Reiss some info and we should expect the other 2 guys back in the fold pretty soon.

 

[Ross12]

Will be interesting to see the structure of the deal, Rapoport says 1 year $9m. Fatmancryin is right that the 2023/2024 void years that would have been accelerated to 2022 were worth $4.3m. So either — 2022 cap charge is $4.7m higher than it would have been but you actual get the player, and there would be a $4.3m void year hit in 2023. Or some of that $9m was paid as a signing bonus, which would lower 2022 cap charge but would raise 2023 void year charge. Either way, Pats are paying an extra $9m in cap charges in 2022 and 2023 to have McCourty on the roster this year.

Yup, my guess is they are going to use this to keep the player at a position of need plus also gain a small amount of cap space in 2022 where they're tight. They might have a cap hit next year/further out than that which exceeds the $6.5M hit he would've previously had in 2022, but they have $110M in projected cap space in 2023 right now so they would probably prefer to eat it then.

 

[Rob0729]

Technically, McCourty is signed through 2024 with the voidable years that would have been voided on Tuesday. He had $6.5 million in dead money. So now it is $15.5 million over three years. So McCourty’s cap hit this year could go down by a million or two.

 

[ashley]

Glad to have him back..a great leader and player!!!

 

[DaBruinz]

Yup, my guess is they are going to use this to keep the player at a position of need plus also gain a small amount of cap space in 2022 where they're tight. They might have a cap hit next year/further out than that which exceeds the $6.5M hit he would've previously had in 2022, but they have $110M in projected cap space in 2023 right now so they would probably prefer to eat it then.

It's a guarantee that most of the contract will be signing bonus. That way they can push 2/3 of it out and reduce McCourty's cap number. My guess is the Vet Minimum for someone with his service 6M in SB and then the rest in incentives.

 

[50-yard-line]

I hope they use him more sparingly this year. He was good last year until the end, I thought. Then he just looked gassed.

 

[mgteich]

We need 2 outside Cbs for me to feel comfortable... just saying

I agree. I would be fine with a free agent AND a first round draft choice.

That being said, we lost Jackson and we gained Jones (who was on IR). One more addition will out us in reasonable shape.

 

[Hammer of Thor]

Happy to see him back even if it isn’t peak McCourty anymore. This guy has been very unappreciated by many on this board. I remember threads complaining about resigning him in 2015 when the money could have been better used on Revis and that Harmon could easily fill his role…. Not enough interceptions…. Not enough hard hits…. Failed cornerback…. Not Earl Thomas…. The guy’s been a captain on the defense for a decade and has won 3 SB titles. He should be a Pats HOF. Really happy to see him finish out his career here. Would be good for the team if he could actually play a bit more of the Harmon role this year to make up for his losing a few steps, but that would be only if they’re able to get another playmaker in the secondary.

 

[ashley]

 

[captain stone]

That’s ****ing awful… Dude should’ve been ****ing paid HALF as ****ing much… tops.

Billy & his pets…

 

[captain stone]

Glad he’s back. Little pricey though…

A little? Ya think?