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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 488810"><p><strong>Brees vs. Rodgers - Part II</strong></p><p> </p><p>First, a note on Flaco. He might be looking for a clean, $20 mil per year deal, but he won't get it. He's not elite tier, despite the SB win...more like rising to second tier with Eli and Ben. $14 mil per year would be the top end I'd think, and that is probably generous. The agents need check their spreadsheets and tell these guys the cap has gone down since 2008, and there are 52 other players to pay. If he's stubborn about it, they can franchise him.</p><p> </p><p>As for Rodgers, $20 mil per year is in line with Brees, and looks about right. It will probably be longer, maybe 7 years, taking Rodgers out to age 36.</p><p> </p><p>The real issue is how it will be structured. As noted in <strong>Part I</strong>, a Rodger's deal structured like Brees' with the big signing bonus and low first year base salary would result in little or no increase in cap hit in 2013. It's a riskier, "win now" strategy because that big signing bonus prorated for cap purposes would make releasing an injured or declining Rodgers in the middle years of the contract prohibitive.</p><p> </p><p>Since Packer management tends to be risk averse and longish term thinkers, a deal like Brady's last contract might be the way they'll try to go, if Rodgers will have it. Brady got a huge guarantee ($48.5 mil) but a relatively small signing bonus ($16 mil). The cap hit is fairly evenly spread across the contract, without a big prorated signing bonus overhang. If he fell down the stairs tomorrow and broke his neck they could release him with only a $6.4 mil cap hit...not trivial, but not a cap disaster. If it were Brees, it would be a $22.2 mil cap hit to release him...a different kettle of fish.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 488810"] [B]Brees vs. Rodgers - Part II[/B] First, a note on Flaco. He might be looking for a clean, $20 mil per year deal, but he won't get it. He's not elite tier, despite the SB win...more like rising to second tier with Eli and Ben. $14 mil per year would be the top end I'd think, and that is probably generous. The agents need check their spreadsheets and tell these guys the cap has gone down since 2008, and there are 52 other players to pay. If he's stubborn about it, they can franchise him. As for Rodgers, $20 mil per year is in line with Brees, and looks about right. It will probably be longer, maybe 7 years, taking Rodgers out to age 36. The real issue is how it will be structured. As noted in [B]Part I[/B], a Rodger's deal structured like Brees' with the big signing bonus and low first year base salary would result in little or no increase in cap hit in 2013. It's a riskier, "win now" strategy because that big signing bonus prorated for cap purposes would make releasing an injured or declining Rodgers in the middle years of the contract prohibitive. Since Packer management tends to be risk averse and longish term thinkers, a deal like Brady's last contract might be the way they'll try to go, if Rodgers will have it. Brady got a huge guarantee ($48.5 mil) but a relatively small signing bonus ($16 mil). The cap hit is fairly evenly spread across the contract, without a big prorated signing bonus overhang. If he fell down the stairs tomorrow and broke his neck they could release him with only a $6.4 mil cap hit...not trivial, but not a cap disaster. If it were Brees, it would be a $22.2 mil cap hit to release him...a different kettle of fish. [/QUOTE]
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