Veach trying to keep Trey Smith

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Veach was on Cody Tapp’s show and specifically said that their models showed that based on the previous salary cap growth, the model projected $270 million for the cap and they were surprised that it was way over projection at $281 million and that it changed their outlook. 10.5% growth from the cap.

Pretty clear that extra money gave them more to work with, thus the renewed negotiations. Cosmi’s deal you mentioned is 18.5 APY. Well, with inflation the value of Cosmi’s deal is now equivalent to Lindstrom’s deal he received.

Of course he will likely get $22 million APY if he sets the market. But again a lot of these contracts are fluff and we need to see the structure.

Either way, Taylor Swift reportedly added a billion dollars of value to the NFL this year, so in a way Taylor might be the reason they keep Trey Smith. Funny how life works.

But like I said, I think Cosmi (and DEFINITELY Lindstrom) are better than Smith.

I wouldn't offer him an inflation adjusted deal. Because I'd rather have both of those guys.

I'd be willing to offer him Cosmi's deal. And like I said, even THAT would be an overpay, IMO. But it's close enough to Creed's deal that I've made a solid effort and should he say yes, I can tolerate it.

I still think it would be a mistake, but it's absolutely as far as I'd go.

Because again, EVERYONE has all that found cap space and we work in a zero sum market when it comes to free agency. So just burning it on a player because you have it doesn't make sense when there are OTHER players it can easily be used on.