Kupp signs 3 year 80 million dollar deal

[JustTheTip]

Oh, I'd say we were at least 8 bits

Which would make us a byte.

 

[UK_Seahawk]

There are now 8 wonders of the world:

Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt.
Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Statue of Zeus at Olympia.
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus.
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.
Colossus of Rhodes.
Lighthouse of Alexandria.
Rams Salary Cap.

 

[RedAlice]

There are now 8 wonders of the world:

Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt.
Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Statue of Zeus at Olympia.
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus.
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.
Colossus of Rhodes.
Lighthouse of Alexandria.
Rams Salary Cap.

well, at least you are funny

 

[RedAlice]

C'mon is the Rams cap that hard to figure out?

Just wait until you see the Broncos.

 

[RedAlice]

Kroenke v 1.2

with like a lot of more money.

 

[JustTheTip]

well, at least you are funny

He really isn't.

 

[FrodosFinger]

C'mon is the Rams cap that hard to figure out?

Just wait until you see the Broncos.

No it just means you’ll be the Saints in exactly 1 year or worse buddy.

 

[bigskydoc]

It's really no mystery at all, and the Rams will remain competitive for the next two years.

 

[FrodosFinger]

It's really no mystery at all, and the Rams will remain competitive for the next two years.

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Please. Donald is retiring after 1 season and the rest of your old team will absolutely bite

 

[FrodosFinger]

NFL stands for “Not For Long”

 

[bigskydoc]

Please. Donald is retiring after 1 season and the rest of your old team will absolutely bite

How does Donald retiring translate into the Seahawks absolutely biting?

Donald isn't likely to retire in 2023. If I am reading the contract correctly, it would cost him around 33.5 million dollars. The first "out year" in the contract is 2024. There is a very good chance Donald will retire then.

The Rams are using the cash over cap strategy to build a team that will be competitive for at least the next two seasons. If my math is right, they have over 60 million in cash over cap this year, just for their three marquee players (Donald, Kupp, Stafford).

The combined cap hit for the three players is 55.3 million in 2022 (basically the 2022 cost of a marquee QB plus a 3rd round pick), and 85.8 million in 2023 (basically the 2022 cost of a top tier QB, plus a top tier WR, plus a mid-tier DT). Not to bad for two of the best players at their position, plus a top ten QB.

In 2024, the combined hit for the three players will be 107.4 million. A fairly daunting number now, but one that will seem less problematic with the increased cap over the next two years. Donald will almost certainly retire, though, which should free up some cap space.

 

[FrodosFinger]

How does Donald retiring translate into the Seahawks absolutely biting?

Donald isn't likely to retire in 2023. If I am reading the contract correctly, it would cost him around 33.5 million dollars. The first "out year" in the contract is 2024. There is a very good chance Donald will retire then.

The Rams are using the cash over cap strategy to build a team that will be competitive for at least the next two seasons. If my math is right, they have over 60 million in cash over cap this year, just for their three marquee players (Donald, Kupp, Stafford).

The combined cap hit for the three players is 55.3 million in 2022 (basically the 2022 cost of a marquee QB plus a 3rd round pick), and 85.8 million in 2023 (basically the 2022 cost of a top tier QB, plus a top tier WR, plus a mid-tier DT). Not to bad for two of the best players at their position, plus a top ten QB.

In 2024, the combined hit for the three players will be 107.4 million. A fairly daunting number now, but one that will seem less problematic with the increased cap over the next two years. Donald will almost certainly retire, though, which should free up some cap space.

Oh I thought you were a lambs fan my bad

 

[RedAlice]

Not that anyone here cares, but Breer did write a pretty good article on the FACTS.

The Rams’ strategy in signing their trio of stars - Sports Illustrated

A look at how the Matthew Stafford, Aaron Donald and Cooper Kupp deals got done in a way that made the players happy and keeps some flexibility for the team.

www.si.com

 

[RedAlice]

from the article:

The players get theirs too, with logical things, the things Kupp mentioned, emphasized in these deals. Cash flow is the first thing. Over the next three years, Stafford, Donald and Kupp will pull down a total of $285 million. Stafford was going to make $23 million on the last year of his old contract. He’ll now make $120 million over the next three years, meaning he’s adding $97 million in new money over two new contractual years. Donald gets $95 million the next three years. Kupp get $70 million between now and 2024, which beats the cash flow of Adams and is just short of Hill (who was in a contract year).

What does this mean for the salary cap? It’s possible, in a few years, the Rams might have to take a reset year of cap reckoning, like the Bills did in 2018 or the Falcons are taking this year. And if that’s the cost for competing for Lombardi trophies with the current core, they’re totally fine with that.

 

[RedAlice]

No it just means you’ll be the Saints in exactly 1 year or worse buddy.

QFT.

Rams are gonna be the Saints in a year, buddy?

 

[RedAlice]

Please. Donald is retiring after 1 season and the rest of your old team will absolutely bite

Even tho DUMBASS attacked our favorite Montana Hawks fan, he is right.

Once AD retires it will be a different Rams team. Same when McVAy leaves.

But for now: THIS SEASON.

IT IS ON.

 

[RedAlice]

AND I do think this is off topic.

But the new Broncos owner is like 60B richer than all other NFL team owners. The Panthers dude, Tepper? is a point blank business shark.

Rams are not the only team learning how to play the cap. Other owners will as well.

Welcome to the new NFL.

 

[FrodosFinger]

QFT.

Rams are gonna be the Saints in a year, buddy?

Yup

 

[bigskydoc]

Even tho DUMBASS attacked our favorite Montana Hawks fan, he is right.

Once AD retires it will be a different Rams team. Same when McVAy leaves.

But for now: THIS SEASON.

IT IS ON.

You really think he's planning to leave all that 2023 money on the table? The contract is custom written for him to play 2 more years, and the other big contracts also point toward a 2-year window.

 

[Fade]

The Salary Cap doesn't matter when you can prorate any contract at any time up to 5 years. You can always create more space.

All it takes is an owner willing to spend. Cash over Cap.

The cap is an illusion to keep player salaries down for the owners collectively.

If there wasn't a Salary Cap Mahomes would be making $100M APY. And so on. The Salary Cap saves the owners a ton of money.