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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
The point about dead money is that we're paying $7M for Houston whether we cut him or keep him. So what I want to know is, if we restructured, how much more would we have to pay? In my restructure scenario, it's maybe $10M for 2019 (which means we'd pay only pay $2-3M beyond our cap obligations to keep him).
The other thing about my contract proposal is it allows Houston to earn his 2019 "guarantees" (which aren't really guaranteed), but 2020 and beyond can be a contract reflective of his value in his 30's. So that contract for Houston wouldn't be much different than if the Chiefs kept him for one year, then cut him.
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Oh. well, weird way to look at it I guess, but yeah, he will cost us $7 m regardless, sure. Whether he'll agree to that drastic a restructure, I kind of doubt, but we don't know.
I guess my point is, even if you assume he will NOT restructure-and if you consider the $18 m we can save next year by not doing any restructuring, he's a better financial deal in every way than Ford is.
Plus, you know, he's only two years older than Ford. It's not like it's that drastic there either. But I don't think either is in our long term plans, and the smart fiscal thing is to keep Houston one more year and then cut him, like it was structured to do.