Redskins 2012 Salary Cap Status

[NYCskinfan82]

[QUOTE=CrazyCanuck;892906]It's hard to construct a deal without knowing exactly what Manning wants, or what financial sacrifices he's willing to make to help build a winner.

But from the Skins perspective my view would be simple: I'm willing to pay this guy top dollar as long as he's on the field playing.

The simplest way is to just give him huge salaries every year. While he's playing he will earn big money. If he gets hurt or is no longer playing at a top level, we can release him with no repercussions. This would also leave open the option of a restructure, either to bring his pay in line with his play, or to free up cap room for a title run at some point.

The "incentive-laden-deal" doesn't really makes sense here. Salary is plenty of incentive to begin with since it's not guaranteed. Plus Peyton has earned enough respect that he doesn't have to play for incentives. You can throw him a bone for a super bowl or mvp but otherwise there's no point. If he's on the field playing it's safe to assume his competitiveness and professionalism would follow.

It comes down to how much he wants guaranteed. I'd take money from future years salaries and give it to him up front as a roster bonus so the whole thing would hit our cap in 2012. I'd prefer to take the hit now when we have cap room and still suck. Allen has been constructing most of his deals this way (ie Monty). Pushing a lot of bonus money to future years is a bad idea IMO.

So to summarize I'd pay him all salary, plus a big roster bonus in 2012. He might have a huge cap hit in 2012 ($25M) but it will lower his salaries in future years. And we can release him at anytime with no deadcap issues.[/QUOTE]


Good stuff, makes great sense.