why clinging to Geno?

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(03-17-2021, 03:13 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: I tried to explain this to you before and I probably didn't do the best job.

The spreading it over two years is meaningless.  They could just as easily cut him now, asborb all of the dead money, and then structure another person's bonus to have 2.6 less this year, or 2.6 more next year, and offset it.

Here's a very simple example of what I'm talking about:

---Geno Atkins (Post 6/1) - 2.6mil  in 2021 and 2.6 mil in 2022.

---Free Agent A - 4 mil in 2021, and 4 mil in 2022

Total = 6.6 mil in 2021 and 6.6 in 2022

---Geno Atkins (Pre 6/1) - 5.2 mil in 2021 and 0 in 2022

---Free Agent A - 1.4 mil in 2021 and 6.6mil in 2022

Total = 6.6 mil in 2021 and 6.6 mil in 2022

The totals are identical through each year.  All you have to do to is move money around if you're that concerned about eating more money in 2021 by cutting Geno.  The dollar amounts and cap hits end up being exactly the same

The $2.6 mill isn't going to make a difference at this point.
The expensive FAs are off the board and they still have $20 mill in cap before cuts.
Cutting Atkins will get them close to $30 mill even if they don't do Post-June 1 designation.
They should have plenty of cap to fill the rest of their gaps and sign draft picks without that $2.6 mill making a difference.