JoeyB willing to restructure

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(02-06-2025, 06:32 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: I agree 100%. Great news is FO had not leveraged much of the future. Question becomes is will they begin to lecture not all, but more of the future with the 2025 new contracts. Do they have the cash to leverage more of the future by using signing bonuses to defer compensation.

As for Tee, I am not as concerned with honoring his request for a 4- or 5-year contract with one stipulation. The guaranteed portion needs to be between 55% to 60% maximum due to his injuries. We could offer Tee a 4-year deal for 90 million with 54 million guaranteed structured as follows:

20 million signing bonus deferred over 4 years = 5 million cap hit from 2025 through 2028

2025 Base - 3 million + 5 million deferred = 8 million cap hit 2025

2026 Base - 16 million + 5 million deferred = 21 million cap hit + 4 million roster bonus = 25 million cap hit

2027 Base - 17 million + 5 million deferred = 22 million cap hit + 6 million roster bonus = 28 million cap hit  (Guaranteed portion met)

2028 Base = 18 million+ 5 million deferred = 23 million cap hit + 6 million roster bonus = 29 million cap hit (none is guaranteed so we could cut him with no dead money)

Why would Tee do it?

2025 gets 23 million (Bonus + base) - all guaranteed
2026 gets 20 million - all guaranteed
2027 gets 23 million - Most guaranteed
2028 gets - 24 million if he plays well, he gets the full 90 million. (Not guaranteed)
Tee average per year = 90 million/4 = 22.5 million

He may want more. But as you can see, by giving a huge bonus in year 1, our 2025 cap is only 8 million in this scenario. Our cap escalates in years 2-4, but we will get more cap dollars in future cap, FO could choose to rollover the extra 10+ million they would have spent n 2025.

Would you reconsider signing tee for 4 years with an option to cut him in year 4 and save 24 million (other 5 million would dead cap) in this scenario?

This same thing can be applied to others as well. Trey, Jamar and anyone they are signing to 3- or 4-year deals. There are ways the team can leverage some of the future, but at the same time sign players to deals than can deduce the cap in the current year. Simply taking a contract of 4 years and dividing the contract by 4 is not accurate.

Most NFL contracts escalate each year and other then Watson are not fully guaranteed.

why would you pay tee higgins anything..he misses one third of the season..and many of the games he plays in he is pulled early