The whole key to the offseason right here
I brought this up in another thread, but I feel like it may warrant it's own.
IF you cut Houston, it costs you $7 million, (5.6 if you wait till June 2 but you kinda can't wait that long to free up the cash) If you tag and keep Ford, it's going to cost you like $16 million. So you've got $23 million conservatively wrapped up in one position: RDE. IF you keep Houston at $21 million, and tag and trade Ford's $16 million, you have $21 million in that RDE position. PLUS you get the pick for Ford, which will be I think a decent #2 and perhaps a low #1. With the extra high pick, you draft a RDE somewhere in your 4 picks in the top 64, along with a CB, and a S. You'll have enough for one, maybe two impact FA's and be set for next year, when you can cut Houston for only $1.5 dead cap. I think we've been looking at this wrong; it's a net savings to keep HOUSTON and let FORD go. He's also the better all-around player. |
Houston want to play hardball regardeing an extension. Ford is content to play on the tag and bet on himself. Houston can get ****ed.
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Yup. Houston is a very curious case. If you're paying Houston $7.5m anyway, you can restructure his contract so we're basically paying him the same to stay here. He has about $5.6m in bonus money. Turn his base salary into a 5 year bonus. Pay him minimum base salary this offseason. It's basically adding maybe $2m extra to our cap.
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And it still doesn't change the fact that the BETTER PLAYER as an all-around talent is literally cheaper PLUS you get a high pick in exchange for Ford who's value will never be higher as trade bait. I don't think there's anything other than an emotional argument against it. We're keeping Houston, at his $21 million. |
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I can't blame him, I wouldn't either. Even if they DON'T convert some to bonus or whatever, he's still cheaper to keep than cut and pay Ford. He's about an equal pass rusher and a much better run defender. |
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I think the right move is to trade Ford
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Trading Dee Ford only opens up 8 mil though, we’d have 8 mil in dead money.
Houston opens up 14 mil. Houston cost to keep: 21 Mil Ford cost to keep: 16 mil Houston savings: 14 mil Ford savings: 8 mil Outside of gaining the pick I don’t see how this would make complete financial sense? I’d prefer to keep a player that’s proven then put everything into a draft pick in a must win year. |
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$16 m plus $7 to cut Houston = $23 million. If we tag and trade Ford, we pay nothing. Houston's $21 million. What am I missing? Ford is not under contract at the moment. There is no dead cap number. |
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And that's the BIG plus. Houston + a high pick (#2?) at less money than Ford. |
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