Seymour":79shf9uu said:
mikeak":79shf9uu said:
The issue is not cutting him
It is WHEN
$2 million and Earl doesn’t sit out this offseason
It adds up and it adds up quickly. And the comp pick cost this offseason was significant
Someone gets it!! Exactly...it adds up and these are tough times we should be clamping down on this crap!
$17.4M dead money in 2018 alone, and money we save this year can be used in 2019!
First off. It didn't cost a comp pick. We would still have to cut 3 other guys before we get it back. As of right now, Johnson's contract does NOT factor in losing a comp pick.
We currently have the following qualified UFAs (6) counting against the 4 we lost:
Mingo
Dickson, Ed
Brown, Jaron
Stephen, Shamar
Fluker, DJ
Johnson, Dontae
Now Johnson is on IR. I don't believe we have the ability to release him to factor in. We'd have to drop three of the remaining 5 in order to get a pick back (Rd 4 comp for Graham).
Also, you're misunderstanding how the dead money is working in 2018. The bulk of that dead money is being incurred this year precisely to free up cap space for 2019. The cost of Johnson's 2019 dead money is 800k. But we're eating a ton of dead money this year on other contracts so that we don't have it on the books for next year. Had we not, our available cap space would be drastically reduced as we'd be allocating guaranteed money against next year's cap. Not to mention be on the hook in 2018 for the base salaries of those dead money contracts this year.
I'm not saying I'm a fan of the deal. I felt it was a mildly stupid deal when we made it. But it sure wasn't a cap crippling gaffe either. His release doesn't impact our comp pick calculation other than to get us actually closer to getting one back.