The Oi
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My life up to this point had actually been going really well. This made me deeply, violently depressed.
My life up to this point had actually been going really well. This made me deeply, violently depressed.
For what it's worth, people who are smarter than I am about the Browns future cap sheet are saying it's a near certainty that the Browns are going to convert Watson's 2023 base salary into a bonus for cap manipulation purposes next offseason.
Which means his 2023 base salary, which is what he'd stand to lose in the event of a delayed suspension to next season, is going to be pretty small much like his 2022 base salary.
Oh, I know.It actually is legitimately an anime, whether or not you want to accept that is up to you...
Wouldn’t shock me to see us keep kicking that can down the road like the Saints did to keep competitive during the last stretch of Brees’ career.
So I am going to start with I dont pretend to know everything when it comes to the NFL and cap space manipulation. However from what I have read that while yes the Browns can do this, It just pushes the liability onto the final couple of years. Eventually the Browns will have to pay the piper so to speak when it comes to Watson's contract as its a fully guaranteed contractFor what it's worth, people who are smarter than I am about the Browns future cap sheet are saying it's a near certainty that the Browns are going to convert Watson's 2023 base salary into a bonus for cap manipulation purposes next offseason.
Which means his 2023 base salary, which is what he'd stand to lose in the event of a delayed suspension to next season, is going to be pretty small much like his 2022 base salary.
Will CAR have enough room for more chips and shoulders?
Bought mine for Monday night football and the day before I’m going to Steelers eagles I’m puuumped already bought my plane ticket too lol from Nc to Philly to Cleveland back to Nc
So I am going to start with I dont pretend to know everything when it comes to the NFL and cap space manipulation. However from what I have read that while yes the Browns can do this, It just pushes the liability onto the final couple of years. Eventually the Browns will have to pay the piper so to speak when it comes to Watson's contract as its a fully guaranteed contract
If the browns convert Watson's salary to a bonus, because its already guaranteed it acts as as basically a 2nd signing bonus (and option bonus)
So as of this moment from seasons 2023-26 Watson would have a 46 million dollar salary each year along with a 9 million dollar signing bonus hit. Meaning that each of those final 4 years Watson counts 55 million against the cap.
Now lets say the browns convert Watson's salary next year to a signing bonus. It means that for 2023 Watson would count 9 million (original signing bonus) + 46 million divided by 4 years left (12 million) for a total cap hit in 2023 of 21 million. The issue with that is it just keeps pushing off the cap damage. For the 3 years of 2024-2026 It means that Watson's cap hit balloons to 67 million dollars each year. So yeah i guess the Browns can try to keep manipulating the cap with this contract, but as I said eventually the browns are going to have to bite the bullet
Oh for sure. The Browns will inevitably have to pay the piper at some point. Fully guaranteed is fully guaranteed after all.
My assumption is that that the Browns are working under the belief that the salary cap is going to explode in the next few years and will be closer to $300M in 2025 than the $208M it is now.
I also think that after 2024 the Browns are gonna look to tack on 3-5 more years to Watson's remaining two year to push some of the insane cap hit into future years.
And by 2025 or 2026 perhaps the Browns will have cashed in a championship and no one will care anyway!
Oh for sure. The Browns will inevitably have to pay the piper at some point. Fully guaranteed is fully guaranteed after all.
My assumption is that that the Browns are working under the belief that the salary cap is going to explode in the next few years and the cap will increase by bigger increments on a year-to-year basis than Watson's yearly cap hit will increase by the Browns kicking the can down the road via restructures.
A lot of people think the cap will be closer to $300M in 2025 than the $208M it is now.
I also think that after 2024 the Browns are gonna look to tack on 3-5 more years to Watson's remaining two year to push some of the insane cap hit into future years.
And by 2025 or 2026 perhaps the Browns will have cashed in a championship and no one will care anyway!
My fear is i record my Browns games and usually start them half way through. In 2023 Sunday ticket is going to a streaming service, bidding is still happening. Will I lose my ability to watch the even delayed?
Could you imagine if they traded for Baker too? All those chips, but no salsa?!Will CAR have enough room for more chips and shoulders?
Worst case scenario, screen record off your computer (assumption here is that you can watch the stream off your computer).My fear is i record my Browns games and usually start them half way through. In 2023 Sunday ticket is going to a streaming service, bidding is still happening. Will I lose my ability to watch the even delayed?