02-01-2023, 03:18 PM
Why does everyone automatically assume "team friendly" means being underpaid? What "team friendly" simply means is structuring the contract so that it does not put the team into a bad salary cap position where it causes a mass loss of talent. This can take a lot of forms such as:
1) Putting a lot of monies into creatively worded bonuses that pay out at different times. This gives Burrow his $$$ while giving the team more control over the cap hit.
2) Guaranteeing parts of the contract at different times, which lessens the problem of the league funding rule.
3) Front or back loading the deal depending on which is better for cap management.
If you want to look at team UNFRIENDLY deals, I give you Deshaun Watson and his cap hit this upcoming season of 55 million dollars. Mahomes also has a high hit of 47 million dollars but his contract structure gives the Chiefs SOME leeway in renegotiation if it comes to it - remember they dealt Tyreek Hill because of this cap hit and you may see others leave as the years progress. Still and all a much superior deal in team terms to what Watson got.
1) Putting a lot of monies into creatively worded bonuses that pay out at different times. This gives Burrow his $$$ while giving the team more control over the cap hit.
2) Guaranteeing parts of the contract at different times, which lessens the problem of the league funding rule.
3) Front or back loading the deal depending on which is better for cap management.
If you want to look at team UNFRIENDLY deals, I give you Deshaun Watson and his cap hit this upcoming season of 55 million dollars. Mahomes also has a high hit of 47 million dollars but his contract structure gives the Chiefs SOME leeway in renegotiation if it comes to it - remember they dealt Tyreek Hill because of this cap hit and you may see others leave as the years progress. Still and all a much superior deal in team terms to what Watson got.
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