Originally Posted by MAHOMO 4 LIFE!:
You gonna tell that to Frank?? Nah because you are a little bitch. Prayers are needed right now for Frank and his family 🙏🏻
I still have faith that Veach will get Jones signed. Though I have no idea how that might happen.
My off-the-cuff theory is something similar to what they did with Mahomes. No, not for $450 million, etc., but possibly a longer deal than usual for a DT so the Chiefs can absorb the bulk of the cap hit a few years down the line. The trick will be getting CJ to accept a little less money now for more money later. But both sides have said repeatedly that they want to stay together, so I'm fairly confident they'll get a deal done by the 15th.
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
I still have faith that Veach will get Jones signed. Though I have no idea how that might happen.
My off-the-cuff theory is something similar to what they did with Mahomes. No, not for $450 million, etc., but possibly a longer deal than usual for a DT so the Chiefs can absorb the bulk of the cap hit a few years down the line. The trick will be getting CJ to accept a little less money now for more money later. But both sides have said repeatedly that they want to stay together, so I'm fairly confident they'll get a deal done by the 15th.
[crosses fingers]
Mahomes contract makes it very possible to sign Jones but would have to frontload Jones
#Chiefs DI Chris Jones was tied for the third highest-graded defender on 3rd and 4th downs in the 2019 season, trailing only Aaron Donald and Jamal Adams!#ChiefsKingdomhttps://t.co/XuN02Bib5m
Originally Posted by MAHOMO 4 LIFE!:
Mahomes contract makes it very possible to sign Jones but would have to frontload Jones
Ah, thx. Yeah, as I've said multiple times before, I haven' t a real clue how the whole contract/cap space thing works. I do enough math in my real life; never was interested in figuring out how the money works in sports.
Originally Posted by BossChief:
In an interview (before lockdown) Chris said that the franchise tag has 2 ways it plays out.
1) the team signs the player to a long term deal.
2) the team trades the player to a team that gives him a long term deal
He never even acknowledges playing on the tag as an option. His recent tweet re-enforces that stance.
He didn’t have to say it because the options he listed are what happens. If he plays this year on the tag and gets tagged again it’s back to the same two options. Or one of those options happen before he gets tagged again.
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
I still have faith that Veach will get Jones signed. Though I have no idea how that might happen.
My off-the-cuff theory is something similar to what they did with Mahomes. No, not for $450 million, etc., but possibly a longer deal than usual for a DT so the Chiefs can absorb the bulk of the cap hit a few years down the line. The trick will be getting CJ to accept a little less money now for more money later. But both sides have said repeatedly that they want to stay together, so I'm fairly confident they'll get a deal done by the 15th.
[crosses fingers]
I hope Veach can swing something like this because the more I dig into the Mahomes deal the better it looks.
Mahomes is literally going to count < $30mm against our cap for the next 6 years. It’s crazy how much flexibility Veach has created for himself with the Mahomes deal. I could see everyone doing this kind of thing from here on out on the big deals:
- Almost no signing bonus at start
- Player gets security with iron-clad injury balloon payment
- Rolling roster bonuses let the team cut up the per year hit in 5 pieces each year
- Forcing the team to do it a year in advance guarantees the team is spending on players
- Since the team needs the player to restructure each year it gives the player more security that the team that is fielded is a good one and the coaching staff aren’t full of idiots — the player can pretty much force the team’s hand at any time giving additional security to the player.
It really is genius.
It takes you 4-5 years to get to a cap hit that equals what Mahomes is making and in year 6 they’ll presumably have the cap dollars to do it all again.
#NFL In general the worst way for a player to facilitate a trade is to go public w demand. Other teams know player is unhappy and lowball in trade offers. Puts current team up against the wall.