Shock2k":3gsfz4co said:
So is there a price to folks wanting to keep Sherman? What if he's asking for 12 mil to 15 mil a year? What's the roof here? And we also have to sign our All-Pro free safety? Then we have to pay our QB? How much cap do you think we have? Not sure we should be attacking people. "Can we keep Sherman?" is a relevant question.
It's a little easier when you restructure someone because you're essentially agreeing to pay them substantially more for one of the years in which they'd make substantially less.
Hypothetically, lets assume that as a FA Sherman would make 15 million per over five years. If so he can play next year for 500K with no guarantees that he doesn't have a horrible year or blow his knee out (meaning bye bye five years for 15 mil each and the money he could have over 500K right now), or he could resign next year for 12-13 million per over five years.
I think the magic number for Sherm is 12-13 million per year (once you throw out the fictitious sixth and seventh years to make the contract look bigger). If he won't sign for that he's gone, and if he will he stays and the Hawks let free other pieces to allow for it (e.g. Bennett, Tate, Thurmond, etc.; just throwing names out).