Down goes Fasano

[Nightfyre]

Originally Posted by BigChiefFan

That's why you make sure you want that player long term. Yes, your way will work, as well, but to keep the vase salary down long term, the big bonus works best. Your way, makes said player's cap number INCREASE, making it more difficult to retain other players.

My way ensures that you can cut ties and or restructure the player, actually resulting in a lower AAV of the contract and providing leverage in negotiations down the line in the event you want to extend them. Your way handcuffs the team to the player, provides zero restructure flexibility and zero leverage in negotiations down the line. But whatever.

It is way easier to use the salary portion of the contract to divvy up the cap hit than it is the signing bonus. Team friendly deals have less signing bonus. I am not sure what you are getting at here at all frankly.

For example:

If you signed Justin Houston to a 6 year deal worth 90 million, 50% gty'd: (all in '000s)
Backload, moderate signing bonus (24,000):
Year/Salary/S.Bon/Cap
2015/1,000/4,000/5,000 (Fully gty'd)
2016/10,000/4,000/14,000 (Fully gty'd)
2017/13,000/4,000/17,000 (10,000 salary gty'd)
2018/13,000/4,000/17,000 (zero gty'd)
2019/13,000/4,000/17,000 (zero gty'd)
2020/16,000/4,000/20,000 (zero gty'd)

With this scenario I can convert that 16,000 to signing bonus on the next deal and generate 15,000 in cap savings and reduce the AAV on the deal by 2,500.

45,000 in signing bonus
Year/Salary/S.Bon/Cap
2015/1,000/7,500/8,500
2016/8,000/7,500/15,500
2017/9,000/7,500/16,500
2018/9,000/7,500/16,500
2019/9,000/7,500/16,500
2020/9,000/7,500/16,500

With this scenario, you can't even cut Houston until 2019 and your restructure capacity is limited to 9,000 and you have very little renegotiation leverage because he has less earnings in 2020 on the line.