"Salary cap crunch"

[SErebel11]

(03-05-2021, 05:05 PM)Au165 Wrote: Teams aren't going to guarantee a bunch of the backside of these deals. You tend to prefer to pay guys 30 and up on the frontside to offset potential injuries and escalating cap figures as play declines, which is often the case for free agents (60% bust as is). As for Zeitler, Why? Zeitler will be able to get 8-9 million fully guaranteed for one year then come back next year and take a worse contract than you even proposed and walk away with more guaranteed money in the end. As for why would a team do it? Because some teams have that cap to spend and if the player says they want to go that route you are in a position to deliver. 

Well, first off, the valuation of Zeitler for next season for me is 7M dollars. Maybe it is 8 or 9M for you. Regardless, It makes sense in this market for this one year to offer more guaranteed money to a 30+ player to get him to sign a multi year deal 2-3 years at a lower cap number for this season. Not a bunch of those kind of contracts per team but a couple would be reasonable in my opinion particularly for the Bengals situation. Not many teams going to be in a position to take a 9M dollar cap hit signing a guard and be able to augment the rest of their roster. 

Using your valuation of 9M. I am suggesting a team could sign Zeitler for 3 years 27M..... 2021 structured at 1M base 9M, 2022 8.5M guaranteed, 2023 8M, 2M guaranteed or something to that effect. Puts more risk on a team but would definitely be more attractive to a player than a 1 year deal.