Onwenu Takes Paycut for 2026

[Huckleberry1]

Really smart management. The OL is sett for the next couple of years with the possible exception of a depth piece on the interior line. It looks like they believe they can go for it, and are going to make a couple of moves to put them into position for a run at a Lombardi. If Roseman ants to play games they could sign Diggs and trade for Sweatt, or possibly even go after Garrett.

 

[rkarp1]

Felger ain't my boy despite my avatar.

The NBA has a hard cap. The NFL do have a hard cap with rookies, but not overall.

I will tell you this. Quarterback salaries are going to start to make the cap less and less flexible for a lot of teams. When an average QB is getting upwards to $50 million a year, it is giving teams a lot of hassle with what they can do.

the cap will soon be $400m
relax and pay your streaming fees

 

[rkarp1]

Really smart management. The OL is sett for the next couple of years with the possible exception of a depth piece on the interior line. It looks like they believe they can go for it, and are going to make a couple of moves to put them into position for a run at a Lombardi. If Roseman ants to play games they could sign Diggs and trade for Sweatt, or possibly even go after Garrett.

does this mean you believe Onwenu will be here next season? after they cut him $7m this season?

 

[40yrpatsfan]

Where are you seeing the dummy year reported? This does not seem to be the case. It's been reported everywhere as pretty straight forward...

Old: $17.5M base salary
New: $2.95M salary, $6M signing bonus

He takes a $7.5M paycut in actual cash and we save the same on the cap.

Yeah, he's now guaranteed $10m this year, instead of $17.5m that wasn't guaranteed. One thing I'm wondering about is why have the $6m as a signing bonus instead of salary? It's not amortized so it all counts against the 2026 cap.

 

[JoeSixPat]

Better it be for extending Gonzo.

Yup - they've got the money for Brown already set aside.

These things need to take place before they extend Gonzo but I'm sure that will happen.

Great win win move for Owenu and the team to get his cap hit down (I think it was $25 million for this season?)

Contracts like his are meant to be renegotiated and in this case, with no guaranteed money before now, it's a fair tradeoff

With this being a 1 year deal though I get the sense that they may be moving on from him next year when he'll hit free agency (he'll do well if he continues to play like he has, but we may be priced out of that by then and one hopes one of our younger guys steps up)

 

[Rob0729]

the cap will soon be $400m
relax and pay your streaming fees

And by the time Maye can get a contract, his yearly salary is going to be over $60 million. Gonzalez' is going to be over $30 million. That is two players.

 

[TommyD4207]

I have a feeling I'm going be right about this one.

 

[PatsFan2]