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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 434172" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">I posted this in the Packers Salaries thread: "Hawk’s base salary for 2012 is $4.4M and he will count $ 6.531M against the cap. He signed a 5-year contract which included an $8M signing bonus. (BTW, he was due $10M in 2011 per his rookie deal.) That means if he is waived, $6.4M accelerates to the cap (4 years of $1.6M per year acceleration). However, since his 2012 cap number is higher, the result would be a tiny cap savings in NFL terms. But they would of course save the $4.4M cash." </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">I don't expect Thompson to waive Hawk and I don't expect him to ask Hawk to re-do his deal but I sure wish he would do one or the other. If he waived him, it would basically be a cap neutral event but they'd save substantial cash. I heard a rumor there is a team interested in acquiring Hawk but perhaps that's was just another Packers fan hoping for a deal. If by chance it's true, the Packers can do it cap wise and anything they'd get back would be gravy. I would take a late 7th rounder just to get his contract off the books. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 434172, member: 4300"] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]I posted this in the Packers Salaries thread: "Hawk’s base salary for 2012 is $4.4M and he will count $ 6.531M against the cap. He signed a 5-year contract which included an $8M signing bonus. (BTW, he was due $10M in 2011 per his rookie deal.) That means if he is waived, $6.4M accelerates to the cap (4 years of $1.6M per year acceleration). However, since his 2012 cap number is higher, the result would be a tiny cap savings in NFL terms. But they would of course save the $4.4M cash." [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]I don't expect Thompson to waive Hawk and I don't expect him to ask Hawk to re-do his deal but I sure wish he would do one or the other. If he waived him, it would basically be a cap neutral event but they'd save substantial cash. I heard a rumor there is a team interested in acquiring Hawk but perhaps that's was just another Packers fan hoping for a deal. If by chance it's true, the Packers can do it cap wise and anything they'd get back would be gravy. I would take a late 7th rounder just to get his contract off the books. [/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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