solman
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Did not the Colts find themselves in the same situation last year??? Did they not win the Super Bowl???
Will the Pats starting off the 2008 season with 5 to 10% talent injured because Brady will have 16.96 million in unamortized signing bonus money AND Adalius Thomas will have 17.6 million in unamortized signing bonus money proration??
The Colts did NOT find themselves in this position at the start of 2006, nor will they find themselves in this position at the start of 2007. Thanks to back loaded contracts, and yet another restructuring, I don't see them finding themselves in this position until the start of 2008. I think they are more likely to make the playoffs this year than not.
As I mentioned in the previous post, since AD just signed his contract we can reasonably assume that his remaining bonus is roughly offset by his remaining salary discounts. (I think most people would argue that the discounts exceed the value of the bonus, but its a reasonable approximation that is slightly purturbed by AD's preference for winning East Coast teams)
Tom Brady (even after the restructuring) is scheduled to make $22.5M over the last three years of his contract. This is a BIG discount to his fair market value. I would reckon this discount to be smaller than $16.96M, but only by a few million (I wouldn't argue with somebody who said that the two were in balance).
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