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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mradtke66" data-source="post: 1098298" data-attributes="member: 4199">They are on the hook for the money, but the it's how and when the cap hit is realized.  16 and change were he to play this year, 31 and change to cut or trade outright, just shy of 16m for the next to two years if they chose to declare him a June 1st.  The cash is generally less valuable than cap space to NFL teams.  While true that the dophins finally decided to bit the bullet and move on from Tua, I'd argue that without the contract structure he had, he would have been cut a year sooner.  As far as giving him more bonus money if the Packers want to and choose to trade for him, I wouldn't be opposed depending on what it is he wants.  You would have to understand why he wants out of Arizona, but that's part of the discussion before you even pull the trigger on the trade.  Maybe they really are that bad of a organization.  Maybe they see themselves in the middle of rebuild and Sweat prefers to play for a contender.  Maybe its somewhat mutual.Off the cuff, if we halved his salary for each of the remaining three years (for easy numbers, lets say 5, 8.5, 8.5) and in convert the difference to bonus money, ( 5 + 8.5 + 8.5) and keeping the yearly cap number the same wouldn't be a horrible idea.  I'd hope we're looking to keep him for ~3 years.  You can slide it more towards bonus or more to salary, I'm very much spit balling.</blockquote>

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