12-02-2015, 11:04 PM
(12-02-2015, 07:48 PM)Joelist Wrote: It's interesting to compare Andy's deal to, say, that of Joe Flacco. Unlike Flacco Andy's deal was light on signing bonus and guaranteed money and the result is very little "dead money". And the incentives are structured so that a "maxxed out" contract has a 20.7 million annual hit. Plus the structure gives both Andy and the team a LOT of flexibility to restructure if the need somehow arose.
Flacco's deal meanwhile had a giant signing bonus (29 million) plus another 29 million guaranteed. The end result is enormous cap numbers starting in 2016 (28.5 million) and not a lot of restructuring flexibility due to his huge dead cap number.
It was like a perfect storm for us - Katie has been superb at the contracts ever since she took the lead in that area and we have also had players generally willing to work with us (especially in Andy's case).
The cap keeps going up every year. If Dalton plays out this contract he will be one of the cheapest QBs in the league the last few years. And I think the Bengals will pay to keep receivers and an O-line around him. It is a good deal for both sides.
