03-09-2022, 01:03 PM
(03-09-2022, 12:35 PM)Au165 Wrote: I’m actually not commenting on the decision but rather the reasoning. Lawson was offered the same contract Hendrickson accepted here and eventually accepted the same contract with more guarantees in NY. Hence me saying that cap isn’t the issue but rather the guarantees we tend to not give out.
Point being is sometimes works in our favor not getting someone we want and sometimes it doesn’t but the structure is the limiting factor in most cases not top line cap numbers.
Excellent take. Even with the revenues soaring in the future we will still be at a disadvantage cash-wise and every cent of guaranteed money (less 2M per) must be escrowed regardless of the year it is to be guaranteed in and 35% of salaries - thats a lot of cash. When revenues do rise so will contracts. The Burrow smash will be real.
And like you said we never know who is going to produce any given year. Hendrickson, Awuzie, Apple, Hill were all excellent surprises in my opinion.
