Water Boy
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By all accounts Thuney is regarded as our best offensive lineman.
Shaq Mason is a very good player but not as good as Thuney and he had a down year last year - likely due to injury, the absence of David Andrews and the fact that Cannon played through illness/injury much of the year.
Mason is entering year 3 of a 5 yr $45 million contract.
It is largely assumed that under the current circumstances keeping Thuney would be very difficult from a cap allocation perspective with that much money tied up at the OG position.
I also admit that keeping Thuney may be difficult, period, as my understanding is that he is considered the top OL on the FA market this year.
If it accepted that Thuney is the better player and would be willing to accept somewhat of a team friendly contract, would it not make sense to try to keep Thuney and trade Mason for cap savings in future years?
My understanding is that trading Mason before 6/1 would entail a $8.6 millon cap hit, but free up significant space in 2021 and beyond.
Shaq Mason
Shaq Mason is a very good player but not as good as Thuney and he had a down year last year - likely due to injury, the absence of David Andrews and the fact that Cannon played through illness/injury much of the year.
Mason is entering year 3 of a 5 yr $45 million contract.
It is largely assumed that under the current circumstances keeping Thuney would be very difficult from a cap allocation perspective with that much money tied up at the OG position.
I also admit that keeping Thuney may be difficult, period, as my understanding is that he is considered the top OL on the FA market this year.
If it accepted that Thuney is the better player and would be willing to accept somewhat of a team friendly contract, would it not make sense to try to keep Thuney and trade Mason for cap savings in future years?
My understanding is that trading Mason before 6/1 would entail a $8.6 millon cap hit, but free up significant space in 2021 and beyond.
Shaq Mason