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Post by Divebitch on Mar 19, 2014 18:35:17 GMT -5
The Pats interest hasnt been backed up by any credible sources. An almost 13 million dollar cap hit will surely prevent the Pats from trading for him, he is not worth close to that money IMO. I cant imagine too many teams willing to take on that contract, although one thing to consider is it that it could easily be restructured into a signing bonus, clearing up a lot of cap room on the contract but fully guaranteeing whatever years are turned into a signing bonus. Seemed kinda shrouded in mystery, so I believe ya. But where there's smoke... gotta wonder. They made it sound like the Eagles are 'entertaining offers'. Like what does that mean exactly?
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Post by patriotsk1d on Mar 19, 2014 18:48:48 GMT -5
The Pats interest hasnt been backed up by any credible sources. An almost 13 million dollar cap hit will surely prevent the Pats from trading for him, he is not worth close to that money IMO. I cant imagine too many teams willing to take on that contract, although one thing to consider is it that it could easily be restructured into a signing bonus, clearing up a lot of cap room on the contract but fully guaranteeing whatever years are turned into a signing bonus. Seemed kinda shrouded in mystery, so I believe ya. But where there's smoke... gotta wonder. They made it sound like the Eagles are 'entertaining offers'. Like what does that mean exactly? The Patriots likely did inquire about Jackson like the report stated. The thing is we and several other teams inquire about players just to get a general idea of their situation. Very rarely does it actually mean there is interest there. I am sure the Eagles would like to get rid of that massive contract. Jackson is a good player, not worth that much money though. They could cut him, and only have to deal with 6 million in dead money this season, so that is always a possibility I guess. Is it worth cutting a player like Jackson to save that money? Maybe if there are actual issues in the locker room, or something like that. Then again all I am seeing is pure speculation, nothing to actually back it up, so I am hesitant to believe it. The 49ers were the other team that inquired about Jackson. They have about 4 million in cap room right now, we have about 5 million. There are always moves that can be made to free up cap room, and it could be done fairly easily, but I dont see us or the 49ers making those moves for Jackson.
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Post by EagleDomiKnation on Mar 19, 2014 20:58:25 GMT -5
The Pats interest hasnt been backed up by any credible sources. An almost 13 million dollar cap hit will surely prevent the Pats from trading for him, he is not worth close to that money IMO. I cant imagine too many teams willing to take on that contract, although one thing to consider is it that it could easily be restructured into a signing bonus, clearing up a lot of cap room on the contract but fully guaranteeing whatever years are turned into a signing bonus. plaxWould his cap hit be 13 mil to the team he's traded too? Cap fig for Philly is 12.75...dead $ is 6.0. Just wondering?
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Post by EagleDomiKnation on Mar 19, 2014 21:01:14 GMT -5
patriotsk1dI know 13 mil and 12.75 are basically the same...wasn't trying to correct you....just wondering how it works. Even if we eat the 6 mil...the Pats would still have to take a 12,75 hit?
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Post by plax on Mar 19, 2014 21:01:37 GMT -5
The Pats interest hasnt been backed up by any credible sources. An almost 13 million dollar cap hit will surely prevent the Pats from trading for him, he is not worth close to that money IMO. I cant imagine too many teams willing to take on that contract, although one thing to consider is it that it could easily be restructured into a signing bonus, clearing up a lot of cap room on the contract but fully guaranteeing whatever years are turned into a signing bonus. plaxWould his cap hit be 13 mil to the team he's traded too? Cap fig for Philly is 12.75...dead $ is 6.0. Just wondering? PHI would save 6.5mil and the team that takes him will have to pay the base salary, which is 10.5mil
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Post by EagleDomiKnation on Mar 19, 2014 21:04:58 GMT -5
plaxWould his cap hit be 13 mil to the team he's traded too? Cap fig for Philly is 12.75...dead $ is 6.0. Just wondering? PHI would save 6.5mil and the team that takes him will have to pay the base salary, which is 10.5mil So would the news teams cap hit be 10.5?
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Post by plax on Mar 19, 2014 21:05:53 GMT -5
PHI would save 6.5mil and the team that takes him will have to pay the base salary, which is 10.5mil So would the news teams cap hit be 10.5? that would seem to be the case, yes.
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Post by patriotsk1d on Mar 19, 2014 21:06:02 GMT -5
patriotsk1dI know 13 mil and 12.75 are basically the same...wasn't trying to correct you....just wondering how it works. Even if we eat the 6 mil...the Pats would still have to take a 12,75 hit? I know you werent. You would eat all the bonuses which are equal to about 6 million, then we would get the rest of the salary without bonuses. Cap hit would probably be around 10 million in that case, although in theory about 6 million of that could be converted into a signing bonus, making the cap hit about 4 million.
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Post by patriotsk1d on Mar 19, 2014 21:09:18 GMT -5
Also one thing to consider is that you can negotiate who pays what. In theory the Eagles could not pay the guaranteed money, but pay Desean Jackson 6 million in his base salary, thus making the cap hit about 6 million for the team who gets him. Then that team would be responsible for his entire contract for all the other years remaining.
If we were actually interested this would be very feasible, as we do not have any dead money next season, and the cap is expected to raise 17 million. We should go into next season with 30-40 million in cap room, and basically all of our key players will be under contract.
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Post by EagleDomiKnation on Mar 19, 2014 21:13:33 GMT -5
I've pondered it and read up on other forums...I think it would be stupid to trade him. His demeanor erks me, and all of his hip hop thug gang related media attention just draws bad stigma....but he is what he is and keeping players that were bred in the organization seems to be paramount in building success. We have plenty of money with him on the roster.
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