OT : Trevor Lawrence is paid

[Wozzy]

I am not a cap denier. I simply believe the cap is a simple work around for every team if they so choose.
looking at salaries in terms of dollars when teams are allowed to spread contracts over 5 years in a rising cap situation, is not an accurate view of the contract value and its impact on the team. the cap hit relative to the cap space is more so. Lawrence's deal allows Jax to keep his cap % between 6-14% the next 5 years.
after 5 years they can extend if they so choose, or cut if they so choose (with a dead cap hit)
the top 10-15 QB's in the league have cap %'s in the low 20's. Lawrence reaches that level in year 6.
very good deal for Jax as well as Lawrence. Pats need to do the same if Maye shows the same potential as Lawrence after year 3

Every offseason you make silly statements about the salary cap.

You make declarations about teams who are spending to the gills and say “see, all those other teams are spending, why not us?” But you mysteriously disappear years later when these teams are in cap straits and have to let great players walk out the door or worse… you tell us great players aren’t good.

Every offseason during dynasty you suggested the Patriots could afford every overpriced free agent on the market, and every player they decided to pay sucked. Now that Bill is gone, every move the collaboration station makes is genius…. biased much?

You said BB not matching the deal the Chargers gave to JC Jackson was “a mistake” despite my arguing with you he was a #2 CB at best… now the Chargers are spending 21 million in dead cap to not have him play on their roster and you’re lying about what you said.

If the cap was crap, if it was nothing… the Dolphins wouldn’t have just let their best DL walk out the door and the Bills wouldn’t have let so many talented vets walk… you ignore what you can’t explain or tell us the sky isn’t blue. Laughable…

 

[dliverey44]

The salary cap is an accounting measure and like all "books" can be cooked to say whatever the team wants( Saints tend to backload contracts to essentially work around) Eventually the bill comes due though. It always makes me laugh during the pre june 1 FA period people seem to want them to blow money on the top guys. I like the post June 1 period because inevitably some good players will be available. FA should be used to bolster/fill holes in the roster not construct it.

 

[Wozzy]

The salary cap is an accounting measure and like all "books" can be cooked to say whatever the team wants( Saints tend to backload contracts to essentially work around) Eventually the bill comes due though. It always makes me laugh during the pre june 1 FA period people seem to want them to blow money on the top guys. I like the post June 1 period because inevitably some good players will be available. FA should be used to bolster/fill holes in the roster not construct it.

"Cooked" implies that money can be hidden from the government or written off as an expense.

There is literally no way to make cap debt disappear beyond paying it or trading it away... none.

For every dollar spent, a dollar has to be accounted for... pushing it a year or two in the future does not make it disappear, it simply accrues.

Denver tried to cook the books and got fined for it. Billionaire owners are not going to allow other owners to screw them or the system over.

 

[dliverey44]

"Cooked" implies that money can be hidden from the government or written off as an expense.

There is literally no way to make cap debt disappear beyond paying it or trading it away... none.

For every dollar spent, a dollar has to be accounted for... pushing it a year or two in the future does not make it disappear, it simply accrues.

Denver tried to cook the books and got fined for it. Billionaire owners are not going to allow other owners to screw them or the system over.

Sorry Wrong wording, I was meaning structuring contracts in a way that allows teams to keep several expensive players for a certain amount of time like the Saints. Every year it seems as though they are in "Cap hell" because of the way they structure the contracts.

 

[captain stone]

The salary cap is an accounting measure and like all "books" can be cooked to say whatever the team wants( Saints tend to backload contracts to essentially work around) Eventually the bill comes due though. It always makes me laugh during the pre june 1 FA period people seem to want them to blow money on the top guys. I like the post June 1 period because inevitably some good players will be available. FA should be used to bolster/fill holes in the roster not construct it.

I wish our current FO shared your opinion about post-June 1st free agent signings…

 

[dliverey44]

I wish our current FO shared your opinion about post-June 1st free agent signings…

I imagine that when we get into training camp and the are better able to see the most glaring weakness then I would think that they makes a move or 2. Right now nobody knows what we have. Non padded football is different than padded, so if you're telling me you know right now what this team is you are talking yourself into a narrative.