🏈 Super Bowl XLVIII- The Path to Meadowlands

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ah, that makes more sense

[SIZE=6][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=26px]Actually, Tom Brady Is Getting A Raise[/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE]

[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=15px][FONT=proxima-nova-condensed-1][FONT=inherit]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17smjh55wt234jpg/avt-small.jpg[/FONT] [FONT=inherit]Barry Petchesky[/FONT]
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[FONT=inherit]When the Patriots leaked news of Tom Brady’s [FONT=inherit]“three-year, $27 million”[/FONT][/URL] contract extension, it appeared on the face the rare instance of an athlete taking less money to make his team more competitive. [URL=‘http://deadspin.com/5986822/’][FONT=inherit]We warned you that appearances can be deceiving[/FONT], but without the actual contract details we were limited to speculation.[/FONT]
[FONT=inherit]Well, here are [FONT=inherit]the terms of the deal, from ESPN Boston:[/FONT][/FONT]
[INDENT][FONT=inherit][FONT=inherit]The deal includes a $30 million signing bonus for the quarterback, which will be paid out over a period that extends to Feb. 15, 2015, according to a league source. Brady will earn $10 million of that signing bonus during the 2013 season, $5 million in a payment on Feb. 15, 2014, $10 million during the 2014 season, and $5 million on Feb. 15, 2015.[/FONT]
[FONT=inherit]Brady’s salary for 2013 and 2014 are now $1 million and $2 million respectively, and are fully guaranteed. His old deal was scheduled to pay him $9.75 million in base salary for each of those seasons.[/FONT][/FONT][/INDENT]
[FONT=inherit]When we talk about an “extension” through 2017, we’re really talking about the Patriots re-working the next two seasons of Brady’s contract. This is actually a short-term raise for Brady—he had been set to make $19.5 million combined in 2013 and 2014. Now he will make $33 million. For a QB who will be 36 when the season starts, never underestimate the importance of getting guaranteed money, and getting it now. (And don’t forget—the final three years of his deal are fully guaranteed against injury.)[/FONT]
[FONT=inherit]It’s a little creative accounting for the Patriots. Brady’s huge bonuses can now be spread out over all five years of the deal. His cap hit, [FONT=inherit]due to be nearly $21 million in 2013[/FONT], will now be $13.8 million. The Patriots will have $15 million more to play with over the next two seasons, even as Brady pockets more money than he would have.[/FONT]
[FONT=inherit]The thinking is more than a little reminiscent of the overlong contracts handed out in the NHL, with [FONT=inherit]star players earning near-minimum well into their 40s[/FONT]. (The league later closed this loophole.) It’s all about averaging the salary cap hit across the life of the contract, extending that divisor by tacking on years the player has no intention of playing.[/FONT]
[FONT=inherit]But Brady doesn’t have to retire to avoid playing at a discount in the final three years of his deal. NFL contracts, beyond bonuses, aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on. Brady and the Patriots can sit down again in two years and tear up what they’ve done, and if the past is any indication, that’s exactly what will happen.[/FONT]
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[][FONT=inherit]Heading into 2005, Brady was scheduled to make $11.5 million over the next two seasons. The Patriots tossed it out and signed him to [FONT=inherit]a six-year extension that would pay him $31.5 million over the same time frame[/FONT], with most of that coming in the form of signing bonuses—again to lower his cap hit.
[FONT=inherit](Peter King wrote [FONT=inherit]the [I]exact same[/I] column in 2005[/FONT], trumpeting Brady for being selfless and taking less money.)[/FONT][/FONT]
[][FONT=inherit]In 2007, [FONT=inherit]Brady re-worked his contract[/FONT], again shifting some of his base salary to bonuses. The point, this time, was to clear cap room to sign Randy Moss.[/FONT]
[][FONT=inherit]In 2010 Brady signed an extension, again before his current deal had run its course. It included $48.5 million in guaranteed money and [FONT=inherit]made Brady the NFL’s highest-paid player.[/FONT][/FONT]
[][FONT=inherit]In 2012 Brady re-structured that deal, [FONT=inherit]converting some salary to bonus money.[/FONT] The upshot was to save the Patriots cap room in 2012, at the expense of pushing it to 2013 and 2014.[/FONT]
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[FONT=inherit]Brady has re-worked his deal yet again, and the Patriots continue to pass the salary cap buck into the future. Now that bomb won’t go off until 2015 at the earliest, assuming they don’t re-do the deal again. (They will.) As teams like the Jets and Eagles are learning, salary cap accounting isn’t magic—it’s just borrowing against the future. The Patriots will end up paying the piper, but not until their Tom Brady window closes.[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT]

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Kansas City Chiefs have signed Alex Smith from the 49ers for a 2nd round pick and “more in 2014”.

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[SIZE=13px][FONT=verdana]“I don’t want to talk about this on the radio or anywhere else for that matter,” Brady wrote in an e-mail to [/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=13px][FONT=verdana]John Dennis[/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=13px][FONT=verdana]. “Athletes are always talking about money at a time when everyone else is struggling so badly to make it. [/FONT][/SIZE]

[SIZE=13px][FONT=verdana]We all make way more than our fair share. And I just think it reflects poorly on myself and my teammates. I really do just want to win, and that has and will continue to be the reason that motivates me and is the biggest factor in my decision-making process.”[/FONT][/SIZE]

http://itiswhatitis.weei.com/sports/newengland/football/patriots/2013/02/27/tom-brady-on-new-contract-we-all-make-way-more-than-our-fair-share/

Thing is, Brady would have been in a better bargaining position had he not restructured and played to a high level next year, all his restructuring has helped the team as a whole, so can only be a good thing. Would agree though that there is an awful lot being made of it, at the end of the day he is worth millions and the missus is worth billions. Its still a help what he did, but he could afford to do so. Fucks Flacco up though if he gets tagged, Brady restructuring has reduced the QB franchise tag by nearly a million.

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Smoke & Mirrors.

The Salary Cap is just a theory but the accountants find ways around it.

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[quote=“Scrunchie, post: 742095, member: 1408”]Smoke & Mirrors.

The Salary Cap is just a theory but the accountants find ways around it.[/quote]

luckily none of the accountants around here have anything to do with it anyway!

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Architects of your own misery

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Alex Smith gone to the Chiefs.
The last time a 49ers QB went to the Chiefs, they got to the playoffs.
Can Alex Smith be the next Joe cool for the Chiefs?

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[quote=“Piles Hussain, post: 742182, member: 363”]Alex Smith gone to the Chiefs.
The last time a 49ers QB went to the Chiefs, they got to the playoffs.
Can Alex Smith be the next Joe cool for the Chiefs?[/quote]

Elvis Grbac?

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My bad

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You can’t really forget that name

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[quote=“Piles Hussain, post: 742182, member: 363”]Alex Smith gone to the Chiefs.
The last time a 49ers QB went to the Chiefs, they got to the playoffs.
Can Alex Smith be the next Joe cool for the Chiefs?[/quote]
Good play from the Niners who now have 15 selections in April…Dynasty building in progress!

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heard rumour they are in for revis…

didnt they do something similar to this in 81 or so? drafted a division of defensive backs…or something like that

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Q. Why would you franchise tag a punter?

This is the first time I’ve really followed the off-season with the combine, franchise process and free agency and the draft to come.

I think it’s gas that the teams and individual players have position arguments; e.g. tight ends saying they should be tagged as wide receivers to get more money. It’s reported that Jared Cook and his agent have collated data to show that he lined up in a wide receiver slot position for > 50% snaps last season. The Cowboys have today tagged Anthony Spencer as a linebacker but he’s arguing he’s a defensive end.

Flacco has committed himself to the Ravens too in a lucrative deal.

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[quote=“Bandage, post: 744064, member: 9”]Q. Why would you franchise tag a punter?

This is the first time I’ve really followed the off-season with the combine, franchise process and free agency and the draft to come.

I think it’s gas that the teams and individual players have position arguments; e.g. tight ends saying they should be tagged as wide receivers to get more money. It’s reported that Jared Cook and his agent have collated data to show that he lined up in a wide receiver slot position for > 50% snaps last season. The Cowboys have today tagged Anthony Spencer as a linebacker but he’s arguing he’s a defensive end.

Flacco has committed himself to the Ravens too in a lucrative deal.[/quote]

Committed himself? mofo got paid…

i suppose you’d franchise tag a punter so youd get more time to hammer out a long term deal with him…

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[quote=“Bandage, post: 744064, member: 9”]Q. Why would you franchise tag a punter?

This is the first time I’ve really followed the off-season with the combine, franchise process and free agency and the draft to come.

I think it’s gas that the teams and individual players have position arguments; e.g. tight ends saying they should be tagged as wide receivers to get more money. It’s reported that Jared Cook and his agent have collated data to show that he lined up in a wide receiver slot position for > 50% snaps last season. The Cowboys have today tagged Anthony Spencer as a linebacker but he’s arguing he’s a defensive end.

Flacco has committed himself to the Ravens too in a lucrative deal.[/quote]

You can franchise someone every year so if you have no need to use it on a real player why not. It’s not like the top 5 punters are on crazy money that you’d break the bank if you did have to pay your franchised punter. That’s the reason cook et all will try and argue over positions. Say he wants out no way would the titans franchise him on WR money so they’ll just let him go. On TE money they might. (He’s not that great though)

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Dp

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Cheers. So you’d only franchise a punter if you weren’t franchising anyone else? But that leads me onto my next question - why would you not franchise someone in an important position? Purely because you don’t want to pay him and/or have to keep within the cap? It seems odd to me (being unfamiliar with the process) that some teams franchise nobody, others franchise punters and then you have some elite QBs franchised like Brees.

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Teams often use the tag on kickers and punters. You are allowed use it on one player and it is inexpensive to use it on a K or a P. Tagging QBs, WRs, LTs etc is pricey as the top 5 players in the league’s salary is used to determine the salary. The Colts can tag Pat McAfee for less than $3 million and use the time to hammer out a long term deal.

The Titans have now said they will not be tagging Cook. He lined up as a TE for only about 33% of snaps and the players union were backing him to be classified as a WR. It would have been absurd if the Titans paid him WR money when he has hardly been playing like a stellar TE. There is every chance he hits the open market now.

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franchising someone is the last step to sorting out a long term deal or releasing the player. it keeps a player on the books for another year, but they are available to the market after that, so its an option to the team whether or not to do a long term deal on the back of franchising them. players arent keen on it as a long term option, but they are paid the average of the top 5 players in that position, so for most, it can be a one year pay rise.

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So is it mainly potential free agents that get tagged?