Per ESPN/Schefter, Hawks trade for OT Duane Brown

[bigskydoc]

...or we could have possible extended Graham to free up the cap room.

Don't make me get all moist in the underclothes.

 

[renofox]

Per Espn

Edited. Thank you.

Really hope it's not for Jimmy Graham. Lane? Picks? Fine.

I guess I still need to reiterate that trading Lane DOES NOT free up any cap space this year. It only frees up future cap space. Brown is scheduled to make almost $5 million this year ($4.946471) to be exact. We have about $2 million in cap space. We could extend Graham if we want to keep him that would lower his cap value enough this year to fit Brown in under what we need. Or we could feasibly get Brown a new contract that pays him his salary for this season as a bonus (heck we could realistically give him a bit of a raise) and spread it out over the length of a new contract to get him under the cap we have. It'll be interesting to see what happens. We could have traded Lane, but I want to be clear that move in itself does not clear the space we need for Brown.

Exactly. I'm thinking they already negotiated a new contract with Brown.

 

[hawknation2017]

Merry early X-mas, Russell Wilson. Going from abysmally pathetic at LT to injured by OK could very well win us a Super Bowl. Whatever we lost in return, I'm grateful.

 

[Jazzhawk]

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[kidhawk]

Spotrac already has it up with Seattle assuming just under $5M for the rest of this season. So it has to be more than just Lane, right?

Yes, I was just posting similar. Trading Lane frees up future space making a new deal with Brown the most likely, but if we are keeping Graham past this year, we could have extended him and lowered his cap hit this year as well, so there are options to get there, we just need to wait and see which they chose to use

 

[nategreat]

Wouldn't it be awesome if we could trade Lane, upgrade LT with Duane Brown, and then sign Maxwell to a cheap contract to finish up the year?

 

[907Hawk]

championship!!

 

[Blitzer88]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/925140997893492736[/tweet]

 

[Jazzhawk]

Spotrac already has it up with Seattle assuming just under $5M for the rest of this season. So it has to be more than just Lane, right?

Yes, I was just posting similar. Trading Lane frees up future space making a new deal with Brown the most likely, but if we are keeping Graham past this year, we could have extended him and lowered his cap hit this year as well, so there are options to get there, we just need to wait and see which they chose to use

An extension, and maybe a current veteran re-structuring?

 

[ivotuk]

Duane Brown #76 OT

Height: 6-4 Weight: 305 Age: 32

Born: 8/30/1985 Richmond , VA

College: Virginia Tech

Experience: 12th season

High School: Hermitage HS [Richmond, VA]

http://www.nfl.com/player/duanebrown/808/profile

 

[LolaRox]

*deleted tweet*

Now that the real terms are out I removed a tweet with speculation on terms

 

[Nog]

It might a 3rd round + Jeremy Lane. That's the last offer of JS

 

[G-Money]

:irishdrinkers:

 

[Hendo66]

Love it.
Super Bowl or Bust!

 

[RobBaker7714409]

Lane + 2018 5th + 2019 2nd according to Shefter

 

[kidhawk]

Spotrac already has it up with Seattle assuming just under $5M for the rest of this season. So it has to be more than just Lane, right?

Yes, I was just posting similar. Trading Lane frees up future space making a new deal with Brown the most likely, but if we are keeping Graham past this year, we could have extended him and lowered his cap hit this year as well, so there are options to get there, we just need to wait and see which they chose to use

An extension, and maybe a current veteran re-structuring?

There are plenty of possibilities. We only need about $3 million to fit him under the cap. Of course it's nice to have a bit of cushion for emergencies, but they can do it with either a new contract for Brown or an extension for Graham, or a combination of the two.

 

[Mistashoesta]

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Schneider is the maaaannnn

 

[Knoxioushawk]

Superb owl

 

[naholmes]

Compensation is the key. Could be a one year rental

Brown is under contract through next season 2018.

 

[Jazzhawk]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/925142174043340806[/tweet]
Seems like a lot. I hope Brown has a few good years left in his tank.