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Originally Posted by Pestilence
Unless they think that Foles can do the same job that Smith did last year.
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Exactly.
I wish they'd have just guaranteed $2 million of his salary that triggers on 3/11 rather than offering him a $2 million roster bonus.
The guaranteed salary trigger would travel with Smith if traded after the draft. The roster bonus is just absorbed. It wouldn't have made a difference to Smith either way as he'd still be getting his $2 million, though I guess he wouldn't have gotten it in a single check.
That said, as you've noted, they could easily determine that Foles is preferable to Smith and I still think the structure of Foles deal was with the mind that they could make exactly that decision.
If they thought there was zero chance that Foles stays instead of Smith, that 2nd year wouldn't have been almost exactly the same as their saved cap in the event Smith is cut. that contract was constructed in a manner that allows them to maintain the same cap structure regardless of who they chose.
And that tells me that they at least considered the possibility that there was a choice to be made.
I'm not closing that door just yet.