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(4 hours ago)Luvnit2 Wrote: They have another option and could push the signing or any bonus to later years. They could literally give Trey a 15 millio signing bonus for a 2 year extension (under contract for 1 years so + 2 - 3 years) and assign the entire bonus towards year 3.
They are nor forcced to place it equally each year, they could do 5million each year toeards cap, they could do zero towards cap in 2025 and then do 5 million year 2 and 10 million year 3. There are many ways the team can structure a signing or other bonuses.
But, they would be kicking the can down the road and will impact future years cap space.
Yes, the downside of dead cap is you're kicking the can down the road. My argument against that would be:
1) The cap consistently increases. So $XM of dead cap may represent 10% of total cap space in 2025 but will only represent 7% in 2026, 5% of 2027, etc.
2) You have key, elite players in the prime of their careers. If there's ever a time to "mortgage the future" (and I still don't think that's an appropriate term), the time would be now.
3) Who are the current players that are worthy of an extension beyond Trey? Or said differently, how else are they going to spend this money?
I think this all goes back to how Mike Brown, Katie Blackburn and Troy Blackburn (who I think is the real cheap POS in all of this) view a P&L. I can only imagine the looks on their faces after you explain there are current year expenses being attributed to services provided by players from prior years.
Browns/Blackburns: "You're telling me 5% of my current year cap space is being attributed to Antwan Odom?" He's not even on the team! Why are we paying him anything if he's not providing me with anything?"
CFO: "You're correct, sir. Mr. Odom is no longer on the roster. But just to clarify, we aren't paying Mr. Odom anything this year. We paid out all of Mr. Odom's contract several years ago. We're simply amortizing the remaining bonus from Mr. Odom's original contract that we prorated. This is strictly a non-cash expense in the current year."
Browns/Blackburns: "But his expense is still hitting our current year's P&L! If you ever try to screw me again, I'll amortize your ass back to the A/P desk! Now go fetch me a Spindrift you peasant."
