Nope.

He's due, what, $20 million this year on his present deal? So let's say that's restructured into some sort of bonus whereby $8 million of it is absorbed by Arizona and we take $12 million of it. I'd be willing to add 2/$32 on top of that with say $14 million in year 1 and $18 million in year 2.

So the 'new' contract becomes 3 years, $44 million with years 1 and 2 being guaranteed at $26 million total and year 3 being something of an option year.

This is still a 31 yr old WR who's yards/target fell pretty hard last season despite his catch% remaining stable, so it tells you he simply lost explosion last season. I'm not giving nearly $20 million/season for a guy's 31-33 seasons.

At 30 years old Julio Jones, who was simply better than Hopkins in every meaningful way, was still one of the best WRs in football. At 32 he was a journeyman. The wall is real and the threat of it should not be ignored.

We wouldn't pay 20 million

His base salary is $19.45 million this year.

Altered as in they’re sending money too or he wants an extension?

We don't pay his guaranteed money,

Cooks restructured his contract with the Cowboys after being traded. Hopkins would probably have to do the same thing.

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I'm responding to Mahomo's 3/$55 proposal which would yield 'nearly $20 million'.

I'm not offering that.

Technically speaking we would, in a trade. That's the benefit to trading for guys who have a great deal of their cap figure in pro-rated bonus vs. guaranteed salary. The entire salary follows the player whereas with bonus money it just accelerates onto the trading teams cap.

But practically speaking, as the Cardinals are willing to restructure his deal and presumably convert part of that guaranteed salary into bonus, they'd absorb that bonus money.

And how much of that money they're willing to absorb will likely control their return. Because the more of it they will absorb, the more flexibility we'll have in structuring a LTC.

I think that's where we might be getting into the 2nd round pick range. If they take on a big portion of his money, then I could see them getting that high of pick.

Find a WR that can run go routes and adjust to the ball.

My sleeper a few years ago was Darnell Mooney who went in the 5th.

If we could find a similar bargain we could move off MVS next year and save $$$.

same shit juju did for us last year, only juju with a turbo on him

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Right. I had them taking on roughly 40% of it in my "we'll give them a 2" hypothetical.

I think the Texans took on, what, 33% of Cooks? And the Cowboys bonused out a big chunk of the remainder to get his year 1 number down to $4 million.

That's kinda the scenario we'd need to see unfold.

Turbo button?

Bro - that's a LB who's gobbling up green there; Murray gained about 5 yards on him over 12.

Hopkins is definitely better than JuJu. Likely healthier even with the age difference as well. But I'd tap the brakes a bit on 'turbo' - Hopkins has pretty average NFL speed these days.

I'm just saying he's a better version of JuJu. He has more explosion.

Literally looks like everything JuJu did last year, he's just better at it.

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