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Originally Posted by Hoover
Agree with that. I think its probably too radical for a team to say it would never hand out a big time second contract to a player, but damn we have been burned by the Berry and Houston contracts. I'm cautious regarding Ford, but I really like what I see from him. And I don't think he's an injury prone guy like some here do.
I just don't see how we get out of the Berry contract. There is just too many years and dollars left on it. At least with Houston you can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
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It seems that way, but it's not the worst.
He has 12 million in prorated bonus remaining (4 per in 2019-2021) and guaranteed salary of 2.95 million in 2019. That's 14.95 million. If you cut him, you save 1.55 million on the cap in 2019 since his total cap is 16.5 and you'd then have 13.5 million free in 2020. If you June 1 designate him, then you have 8.95 million due against 2019 (half of the 12 + 2.95) and 6 due in 2020. He'd save about 7.55 against the cap in 2019 and 7.5 in 2020 even though the extra year of dead cap since his salary in 2020 is 13.5 million. Slice the pie the way you'd want I suppose.
Now, if Berry was 100% in on offseason surgery to fix this so-called "deformity," then I'd be all for retaining him. The fact that he didn't opt for surgery immediately in upon diagnosis this year leaves a pretty sour taste in my mouth about him.
If it's me, I cut his ass with a June 1 designation. If you can get Ford on a Clay Matthews' type of deal, then that 7.5 million would pay 2/3 of his salary over the next 2 seasons. Sure, the cap hit sucks ass but I'd rather eat shit and pay a guy that's on the field than one who doesn't do what it takes to ensure he is.