Michael Bennett

[SHOWTIME15]

They are losing Burton

True, but why add an expensive 3rd tight end?

 

[Bourne Again Christian]

If he comes at only say 3 mill because he wants to play with his Brother you do that instantly

 

[Bourne Again Christian]

Plus we carried Gronk Allen and Bennett on the cap last year.

 

[maineman209]

The eagles have too many TEs.

Given their Tannenbaum-level cap hell, if they hope to re-sign Burton, they almost have to cut Celek to gain his $4M in cap space. They certainly can't cut Ertz and his $10.6M cap hit, because it would actually put them about $2.6M deeper into the hole against the cap - which is already a $9.1M red number even before including Michael Bennett. Furthermore, Ertz's contract (above even Gronk-level) has four years left on it, which may make an extension-restructuring difficult.

The Eagles have only five days left to get under the cap. I'm guessing that they cut Celek ($4M), Torrey Smith ($5M) and Chris Long ($2M), and try to unload Vinny Curry ($11M) via a trade. They'll still need to restructure players like Graham ($7M), Jenkins ($10.1M) and Lane Johnson ($12.5M), just to get be able to re-sign Burton, maybe Bradham, and still have some breathing room.

 

[maineman209]

If he comes at only say 3 mill because he wants to play with his Brother you do that instantly

The Eagles are currently about $15M over the cap, with only five days left to fix that. Taking on Marty at $3M at this point probably means they don't get to re-sign Trey Burton or Nigel Bradham.

Good for us, perhaps. Stupid for them.

 

[maineman209]

Plus we carried Gronk Allen and Bennett on the cap last year.

Bennett only cost the Pats $723k for 2017.

 

[maust]

Curry's production vs cap hit makes him a tough move other than to a team with plenty of cap room (Jete?). Likewise taking a $6m hit to save $5m is less than ideal, seems like a restructure would be the order of the day.

 

[Tony2046]

Given their Tannenbaum-level cap hell, if they hope to re-sign Burton, they almost have to cut Celek to gain his $4M in cap space. They certainly can't cut Ertz and his $10.6M cap hit, because it would actually put them about $2.6M deeper into the hole against the cap - which is already a $9.1M red number even before including Michael Bennett. Furthermore, Ertz's contract (above even Gronk-level) has four years left on it, which may make an extension-restructuring difficult.

The Eagles have only five days left to get under the cap. I'm guessing that they cut Celek ($4M), Torrey Smith ($5M) and Chris Long ($2M), and try to unload Vinny Curry ($11M) via a trade. They'll still need to restructure players like Graham ($7M), Jenkins ($10.1M) and Lane Johnson ($12.5M), just to get be able to re-sign Burton, maybe Bradham, and still have some breathing room.

Lane Johnson should be easy to restructure by just telling him this contract will be more fun than the last one.

 

[maineman209]

Curry's production vs cap hit makes him a tough move other than to a team with plenty of cap room (Jete?). Likewise taking a $6m hit to save $5m is less than ideal, seems like a restructure would be the order of the day.

Probably would need to involve a 1-year extension. As it stands with his remaining 3 years. every $3M of his $9M 2018 salary that they convert to signing bonus spread out over the three years, gains them $2M off his $11M 2018 cap hit. E.g., they run his salary down to $3M, they reduce his cap hit to $7M, which does help.

If they add a year, and spread $8M of his salary over the four years, they reduce his cap hit to $5M - a $6M savings. Of course, that bumps his 2019 and 2020 cap hits to $15M & $16M and means they eat $10M in dead money if the cut/trade him next season (when he'll be 31).

Clearly, Roseman and Tannenbaum took the same Salary Cap Management classes in college.

 

[borisman]

It sucks that the Pats dropped the ball, if in fact they had serious interest in Michael Bennett (maybe they thought he'd get released), and didn't get both players. While past their prime, but not yet too old, they could have helped this team next year.

Patriots trade rumors: Michael, Martellus Bennett 'were going nuts' trying to team up in New England (Report)

 

[maineman209]

It sucks that the Pats dropped the ball, if in fact they had serious interest in Michael Bennett (maybe they thought he'd get released), and didn't get both players. While past their prime, but not yet too old, they could have helped this team next year.

Patriots trade rumors: Michael, Martellus Bennett 'were going nuts' trying to team up in New England (Report)

Well, a week ago, the day before Michael's deal was announced, the Pats had maybe $7M in usable cap space. Michael's salary would've sucked up nearly all of that. Martellus was taking up another $6M+, with a $2M roster-option bonus looming.

If there was actually any offer from the Pats (I remain skeptical), maybe it was the Pats dragging their feet, or maybe it was Martellus (and/or, informally, Michael) not agreeing to a cap reduction sufficient to make the deal financially feasible until it was too late.

Water under the bridge, anyway.