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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Obviously a big trade doesn't seem to be in the cards but we also need more emergency cap room for other small acquisitions?
Who can we extend or restructure to make that happen?
I don't think we need to make a big deal out of cap space in 2019.
Pats can create cap space in about 5 minutes by guaranteeing current deals and amortizing the bonus into 2020 and beyond.
Just gotta do that with the right player (KVN, etc)
Yea I think you are right. The time to make space for KVN was in the summer in which he had ~$875k in bonuses to be paid out plus the $265k per game check he is receiving.Let's be clear. Restructuring KVN produces no cap room. Restructures are changes in contract over the same period, usually for the same compensation. Most often current year salaries beyond the minimum are moved to a new bonus.
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KVN is in his last season wand would need to be extended, a fine idea BTW.
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We can all and compare how much can be readily created by restructures.
Yea I think you are right. The time to make space for KVN was in the summer in which he had ~$875k in bonuses to be paid out plus the $265k per game check he is receiving.
Speculating here but I think they wanted to do something with High and DMC but at reasonable $. Not happening.That being said, your primary point was correct. A call to Hightower's agent and to Mason's could produce $5.9M in cap space without changing the end of their contracts, their guarantees after 2019 and without changing their total compensation. This is about what is needed for normal minor replacements and other in-season costs.
A serious trade would require an extension to Van Noy, Hightower and/or Devin McCourty.
All this is doable. IMO, what we shouldn't do is to expect to use restructures for a major acquisition without first extending at least one of the players.
Speculating here but I think they wanted to do something with High and DMC but at reasonable $. Not happening.
The JJ extension was key. Drafting JuJuan was also key
Simple...wait for the eventual hammer to fall on Clowntonio.Obviously a big trade doesn't seem to be in the cards but we also need more emergency cap room for other small acquisitions?
Who can we extend or restructure to make that happen?
can we cut AB if he goes on the exempt and get the cap room back? Is there something along the lines in his contract?Simple...wait for the eventual hammer to fall on Clowntonio.
I don't know....but I really hope there is.can we cut AB if he goes on the exempt and get the cap room back? Is there something along the lines in his contract?
Extension for one out of DMac, HT, KVN maybe even Bennett. Potentially also Cannon or Harmon.
The first three make the most sense.
Let's be clear. Restructuring KVN produces no cap room. Restructures are changes in contract over the same period, usually for the same compensation. Most often current year salaries beyond the minimum are moved to a new bonus.
Are you saying restructuring specifically KVN produces no cap room or restructuring in general produces no cap room? Because the latter is not true. Even keeping contract length and total comp the same, a restructure can create current year cap room depending on the specifics of the contract to be restructured.
Simple example - player has a 3 year contract that pays him $10 mil straight salary a year. Restructure this year into $1mil salary and $9mil signing bonus. The cap hit for the current year drops from $10mil to $4mil (and the hit for each of the next two years rises from $10mil to $13mil).
There's no way to free up cap space to get Williams or Ramsey. Patriots simply can't afford either of them.