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Originally Posted by BigRedChief
In todays market, it looks like a damn good contract for a top ten FA WR.  |
Yeah, and by making it such a low number in year one, they effectively
have reduced the year 2 number via the cap rollover provisions. Any cap space saved in year 1 carries over into year 2 and to some degree reduces that amount. That cap rollover completely changes how contracts should be structured.
I keep thinking "Y'know, maybe we should just outright cut Bowe rather than June 1 him so we aren't carrying his dead money next year" but then I remember that the June 1 cut on him would free up a bunch of cap this year that, if unused, would just carry over to next year and end up offsetting that dead money anyway. So the added flexibility to deal with something like a front-loaded offer sheet to Houston would be huge.
If you're savvy about how you use those rollovers, you can really do some nimble cap maneuvering.
I'm still just surprised by how easy the Chiefs can get out of that deal. Hell, even if
everything goes sour on it, they can get out after 2 years and end up about where they are with Bowe right now - eating $9 million in accelerated cap and that's it. To get an AAV of $11 million with a signing bonus that low off the open market with teams like Oakland desperately trying to find places to spend hard cash is a damn good deal.