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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
Here's an alternative scenario. You restructure Houston - turn his $16M base into signing bonus and turn his base into a vet min of $450K. Years 2 - 5 are reflective of what he'll be worth in his 30's. Perhaps you create a year 2 or 3 roster bonus so that in the future, it feels like a real contract. This option only adds a few extra million to our 2019 cap since we're paying $7M in dead money anyway. More importantly, makes his contract in 2019 and beyond reasonable for his age.
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What dead money? There's no dead money if we keep Houston. Ford is not currently under contract.
Any deal for a restructure with Houston is cool, but would be a negotiation and maybe he will, maybe he won't.
I'm saying that even if he won't, he's still the better deal than Ford. due to the cap hit of letting Houston go, which would be $7 million.
That more than makes up the difference in salary.
Plus the high pick you'll get from Ford.