Rumors circulating about Jeff Bezos buying the team

[FrenchSkin]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

I think the cap is not the constraint this offseason. It's going to be Dan Snyder being a cheap ass. The points about the cap are valid but somebody still has to be OK with spending the cash.

What I mean is, when you sign somebody to a deal, NFL rules say you have to take all the guaranteed money and sock it away in an escrow account. So if Lamar Jackson gets $150M guaranteed over 5 years, even if some of that $150M isn't payable until three years from now, the team signing him has to actually take $150M in cash and put it in an escrow account. After all the only way to actually guarantee he gets his money is to take it and set it aside.

So ask yourself whether anybody about to sell a franchise would want to set aside big cash for a long term deal, for a player he won't own next year. Now ask yourself if Dan Snyder would.

In that light, look for Payne to be franchised, not signed long term. Look for Sweat to play out the option year, not signed long term. Look for Ron to be told to avoid the big money QB market. And look for all of our free agency moves to be of the shorter term, bargain bin variety.

I was looking forward to reading your response to this question. I ain't disappointed ! I had no clue about the bolded part. I've been saying from the start this offseason was going to be quiet on the FA/trade front (unless the sale was to go through uber quickly), and I wish it that way... but this would impact the team more than I thought: if we end up letting Daron Payne go because of it it's kinda of a bummer (of course, as a price to pay to get rid of Snyder, it's a small one).