Would You Pay Him?

Easy Mac · 01-14-2004, 09:38 PM

Would you re-sign this guy? He'll be a 3 time All-tackle at the end of the year., and I'm currently 50 million under the cap next year. I also have my top 2 CB's asking for the same amounts.

Troll · 01-14-2004, 09:52 PM

U cant take all 3 of those cap hits in the 2nd 3rd 4th and 5th years.......maybe use a big signing bonus to even that salary out a bit, thats what i do, but i still dont think u will be able to sign all 3, personally i'd keep the db's as long as they have a good health record in the past

WussGawd · 01-14-2004, 09:53 PM

This is a joke, right? Nobody is worth $20 million, even if he is the second coming of Deacon Jones.

Groundhog · 01-14-2004, 09:55 PM

Yeah, I think you are better off letting him walk, and go after another decent RT on FA.

Easy Mac · 01-14-2004, 09:56 PM

salaries explode after about 10 years or so. You'd think only skill players would ask for this much, but everyone but kickers, punters, TE and FB ask for this much money. Although I did just have a TE ask for 10 million the last year of his contract.

WussGawd · 01-14-2004, 10:01 PM

I say let him go and become somebody else's cap problem.

I'd be curious to see who this guy signs with and for how much.

yabanci · 01-15-2004, 01:04 AM

As good as he is, I'd let him walk.

GoSeahawks · 01-15-2004, 01:10 AM

How could you let him go. What's his overall rating? I bet you could put any running back behind him and gain 1,500 yards.

General Mike · 01-15-2004, 01:18 AM

I'd try to work out a more cap friendly deal with him. Letting him walk isnt the best idea tho.

oykib · 01-15-2004, 01:33 AM

Sometimes you just have to make the hard decision to let the future HOFer go. The object of the exercise is to win (actually, yours may be to follow the carreers of interesting players). Signing guys to contracts like this usually stops you from winning. You can basically only have one guy on your roster with contract like this. I tend to make that a QB.

GoSeahawks · 01-15-2004, 01:33 AM

Dola,
The only way I would let him walk is if he injury prone. Also, jack up his first year price and lower his signing bonus. Then adjust the final years a little bit and get that number down.
What's the salary cap in your league? In mine it's 246mil, so I see a lot of similar contracts.

stkelly52 · 01-15-2004, 01:40 AM

I would take about 10 million off of his signing bonus and add it to the first year of his contract. That would lower the later cap hits quite a bit. Players will always accept a deal where you take the same amount off of the signing bonus and add it to the first year.

oykib · 01-15-2004, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by stkelly52

I would take about 10 million off of his signing bonus and add it to the first year of his contract. That would lower the later cap hits quite a bit. Players will always accept a deal where you take the same amount off of the signing bonus and add it to the first year.

Actually, that's not always true. I've had players turn down deals where ive taken an amount off of the bonus and added more to the first year. I think sometimes players have some kind of pride thing where they won't sign with you unless you take on significant cap hits down the line. It's rare. But I believe it hppens.

GoSeahawks · 01-15-2004, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by oykib

Actually, that's not always true. I've had players turn down deals where ive taken an amount off of the bonus and added more to the first year. I think sometimes players have some kind of pride thing where they won't sign with you unless you take on significant cap hits down the line. It's rare. But I believe it hppens.

That's defintiley true. I've tried lowering the singing bonus 5 million and offering 5.5 million more in the first season and they will decline. They won't take anything but the offer they requested.

BigJohn&TheLions · 01-15-2004, 05:09 AM

There's always the franchise tag. THen trade him. Get some top picks to replace those guys

Raiders Army · 01-15-2004, 10:22 AM

This is a prime example of how much I dislike the "new" contract negotiations. On any given year in my league, I have 2-5 guys asking for contracts like this. The longest anyone stays on my team is 8-10 years, and usually they're backups.

The other thing is that it's not only maxed out guys like above, but it's guys with maxed out futures. He hasn't shown me anything yet, so why ask for the huge contract?

albionmoonlight · 01-15-2004, 10:43 AM

If he is your RT, who is your LT?

Senator · 01-15-2004, 10:49 AM

pay him like Daniel Snyder!!

tucker342 · 01-15-2004, 05:08 PM

If you can't make the deal a little more favorable, dump him

wishbone · 01-15-2004, 08:17 PM

I'd resign him but I'm a sucker for all-world OLs

Easy Mac · 01-15-2004, 08:25 PM

well, I didn't re-sign him. I did re-sign my 2 top corners and my top OLB. ANd I signed the tackle on the other side.

Pacersfan46 · 01-15-2004, 08:29 PM

My personal way to approach that is to see if you can get him to sign a contract with no signing bonus.

That way if you end up in cap hell, you can cut, trade, or whatever. Especially if he gets hurt, and his ratings drop, you can renegotate without having any left over money from the last contract.

Groundhog · 01-15-2004, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Easy Mac

well, I didn't re-sign him. I did re-sign my 2 top corners and my top OLB. ANd I signed the tackle on the other side.

Who did he end up signing with, and for how much?

Easy Mac · 01-15-2004, 08:38 PM

He signed with Miami for 5 years and 102.16 million dollars in week 1.

The last contract I saw that he wanted from me, he wanted around 158 million for 5 years.

Groundhog · 01-15-2004, 08:53 PM

6-7 340lbs... do guys get that big in the real NFL? That's god damned huge.

GoSeahawks · 01-15-2004, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Groundhog

6-7 340lbs... do guys get that big in the real NFL? That's god damned huge.

Orlando Pace is 6'7 320lbs

Leonidas · 01-16-2004, 08:10 AM

This guy is tailor made for the franchise tag. If you are on the verge of winning it all franchise him and keep him another year. Or trade him.

I find you can get quality linemen (in the 50-60's range) pretty cheap on the FA market. I don't think the leap between a tackle rated 61 to this guy is worthing paying tens of millions. You can get a guy in the 60's for $2-4 M per year deal easily.

The only time I spend tens of millions like this is on a QB rated 80 or higher who is healthy. The game places amazinf emphasis on having a good QB and I keep them when I can. Otherwise there are free agent bargains to be had across the board.

Easy Mac · 01-16-2004, 09:06 AM

Well, at the time, a franchise tag for a tackle meant $11 million, and the 50-60 guys mostly ask for at least $7 million a year.

01-14-2004, 09:53 PM	#3
WussGawd College Benchwarmer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Avondale, AZ, USA, Planet Earth, Milky Way Galaxy	This is a joke, right? Nobody is worth $20 million, even if he is the second coming of Deacon Jones. __________________ "I guess I'll fade into Bolivian." -Mike Tyson, after being knocked out by Lennox Lewis. Proud Dumba Elect of the "Biggest Dumba of FOFC Award" Author of the 2004 Golden Scribe Gold Trophy for Best Basketball Dynasty, It Rhymes With Puke.

01-14-2004, 09:55 PM	#4
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	Yeah, I think you are better off letting him walk, and go after another decent RT on FA. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

01-14-2004, 10:01 PM	#6
WussGawd College Benchwarmer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Avondale, AZ, USA, Planet Earth, Milky Way Galaxy	I say let him go and become somebody else's cap problem. I'd be curious to see who this guy signs with and for how much. __________________ "I guess I'll fade into Bolivian." -Mike Tyson, after being knocked out by Lennox Lewis. Proud Dumba Elect of the "Biggest Dumba of FOFC Award" Author of the 2004 Golden Scribe Gold Trophy for Best Basketball Dynasty, It Rhymes With Puke.

01-15-2004, 01:18 AM	#9
General Mike Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The State of Rutgers	I'd try to work out a more cap friendly deal with him. Letting him walk isnt the best idea tho. __________________ Boise Stampede Continental Football League Jacksonville Jaguars GM North American Football League Nebraska Coach FOFC-BBCF Rutgers & Washington coach Bowl Bound-BBCF

01-15-2004, 01:40 AM	#12
stkelly52 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Seattle WA	I would take about 10 million off of his signing bonus and add it to the first year of his contract. That would lower the later cap hits quite a bit. Players will always accept a deal where you take the same amount off of the signing bonus and add it to the first year. __________________ Check out an undrafted free agent's attempt to make the Hall of Fame: Running to the Hall Now nominated for a Golden Scribe!

01-14-2004, 09:52 PM	#2
Troll H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Dec 2003	U cant take all 3 of those cap hits in the 2nd 3rd 4th and 5th years.......maybe use a big signing bonus to even that salary out a bit, thats what i do, but i still dont think u will be able to sign all 3, personally i'd keep the db's as long as they have a good health record in the past

01-14-2004, 09:56 PM	#5
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	salaries explode after about 10 years or so. You'd think only skill players would ask for this much, but everyone but kickers, punters, TE and FB ask for this much money. Although I did just have a TE ask for 10 million the last year of his contract.

01-15-2004, 01:04 AM	#7
yabanci College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jun 2003	As good as he is, I'd let him walk.

01-15-2004, 01:10 AM	#8
GoSeahawks High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Olympia, Wa	How could you let him go. What's his overall rating? I bet you could put any running back behind him and gain 1,500 yards.

01-15-2004, 01:33 AM	#10
oykib College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	Sometimes you just have to make the hard decision to let the future HOFer go. The object of the exercise is to win (actually, yours may be to follow the carreers of interesting players). Signing guys to contracts like this usually stops you from winning. You can basically only have one guy on your roster with contract like this. I tend to make that a QB.

01-15-2004, 05:09 AM	#15
BigJohn&TheLions College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: New York	There's always the franchise tag. THen trade him. Get some top picks to replace those guys

01-15-2004, 10:22 AM	#16
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	This is a prime example of how much I dislike the "new" contract negotiations. On any given year in my league, I have 2-5 guys asking for contracts like this. The longest anyone stays on my team is 8-10 years, and usually they're backups. The other thing is that it's not only maxed out guys like above, but it's guys with maxed out futures. He hasn't shown me anything yet, so why ask for the huge contract?

01-15-2004, 10:43 AM	#17
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	If he is your RT, who is your LT?

01-15-2004, 10:49 AM	#18
Senator FOFC's Elected Representative Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The stars at night; are big and bright	pay him like Daniel Snyder!! __________________ "i have seen chris simms play 4-5 times in the pros and he's very clearly got it. he won't make a pro bowl this year, but it'll come. if you don't like me saying that, so be it, but its true. we'll just have to wait until then" imettrentgreen "looking at only ten games, and oddly using a median only, leaves me unmoved generally" - Quiksand

01-15-2004, 05:08 PM	#19
tucker342 Pro Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Iowa City, IA	If you can't make the deal a little more favorable, dump him

01-15-2004, 08:17 PM	#20
wishbone High School JV Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hillsboro OR	I'd resign him but I'm a sucker for all-world OLs

01-15-2004, 08:25 PM	#21
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	well, I didn't re-sign him. I did re-sign my 2 top corners and my top OLB. ANd I signed the tackle on the other side.

01-15-2004, 08:29 PM	#22
Pacersfan46 H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Indianapolis	My personal way to approach that is to see if you can get him to sign a contract with no signing bonus. That way if you end up in cap hell, you can cut, trade, or whatever. Especially if he gets hurt, and his ratings drop, you can renegotate without having any left over money from the last contract.

01-15-2004, 08:38 PM	#24
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	He signed with Miami for 5 years and 102.16 million dollars in week 1. The last contract I saw that he wanted from me, he wanted around 158 million for 5 years.

01-15-2004, 08:53 PM	#25
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	6-7 340lbs... do guys get that big in the real NFL? That's god damned huge. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

01-16-2004, 08:10 AM	#27
Leonidas College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: East Anglia	This guy is tailor made for the franchise tag. If you are on the verge of winning it all franchise him and keep him another year. Or trade him. I find you can get quality linemen (in the 50-60's range) pretty cheap on the FA market. I don't think the leap between a tackle rated 61 to this guy is worthing paying tens of millions. You can get a guy in the 60's for $2-4 M per year deal easily. The only time I spend tens of millions like this is on a QB rated 80 or higher who is healthy. The game places amazinf emphasis on having a good QB and I keep them when I can. Otherwise there are free agent bargains to be had across the board. __________________ Molon labe

01-16-2004, 09:06 AM	#28
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	Well, at the time, a franchise tag for a tackle meant $11 million, and the 50-60 guys mostly ask for at least $7 million a year.

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