10-29-2020, 07:47 PM
(10-29-2020, 05:51 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: I didn't quite follow that part of the story.
They said they had an offer in place to ship him to the Lions, but Carlos didn't want to go there. Well, who cares what he wants? This guy is going to demand to be let go or traded, to the point of putting his house up for sale on Twitter, and he gets to pick where he ends up?
F' that. You send him wherever you get the best return. We're not running the Make a Wish Foundation here.
On the 5 mil... I could be wrong, but I think Carlos offered to forfeit the remaining 5 mil if he were released, which lines up with what he had left on his deal last week. It was fully guaranteed, so he would have gotten paid regardless of whether or not he was here. So I think he was just forfeiting his guarantees to facilitate a release.
Now, if he paid them 5 mil to be traded? I don't even know if that's allowed. His remaining base salary is now off the books, and transfers to Seattle. He'd essentially be giving back base earnings from weeks 1-7. If he did do that, we definitely don't get that cap space back. And I would think the league would frown upon owners take cash payments from players to get rid of them. It's almost like extortion on our part.
This whole thing is just absolutely nuts. Only with this team and family do fans spend their time speculating such wild things.
The “what he wants” goes back to mutual respect and loyalty between MB and Dunlap. Those things are two way streets. The problem with MB is he doesn’t know when to let go. If a player you love and respect asks you for a change of scenery, then work with them for the benefit of all parties involved. If he had done that Dunlap wouldn’t have resorted to the nuclear option to get out of town. I can see why he wouldn’t want to go to Detroit, they run the same hybrid 3-4 Lou does.
