maineman209
Veteran Starter w/Big Long Term Deal
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Sure they're automatic. What the team does is to give a player the remainder of his 2018 salary (over the minimum) in the form of a bonus now. The player is affected in no other way. And yes, the team usually give the player a bit of money for the favor, but the reality is that there is no trouble for the player at all, other than a possible payment to his agent which would be covered by the additional money from the team.
Only a player who was in a fight with the team would refuse. His compensation is not affected at all.
Yes, I'm familiar with how re-structures and extensions work. And I also understand that it's often a "Sure! Why not?" proposition from the player's perspective.
However, what's possible to afford isn't necessarily what's reasonable.
It's also not automatic that there IS a player who's actually available to the Pats in trade who is so certain to be of so much more significant assistance to the Pats for the rest of the season than Munson (or someone like him) that the Pats would be willing to engage in a relatively large re-structure. Seriously, how many players are out there like that?
In any case, a $5M salary conversion with Gilmore only nets $3.75M in 2018 savings. I'm not certain that the entire $5M can even be converted now, since Gilmore only has another $5.3M coming to him this season (not including weekly roster bonuses). Using Bucannon (LB/SS hybrid) as an example, his cap hit for the remainder of 2018 would be about $5.45M (and he's a UFA at the end of the season).
My point was that there are value propositions to consider well beyond what seems possible in terms of cap manipulations when thinking about potential trade scenarios realistically.