Now hear me out. Britt was average at best this year, the team needs cap space, seems like Poicic's best position is center and we need draft picks. Obviously just a hypothetical and would be a big roll of the dice with all the problems the OL already has. Go ahead and let me have it.
Trade Britt?
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We just extended him, I doubt we trade him. I like your thinking but weigh that against the continuity we will lose and the talent Britt has shown he has and IMO it isn't worth it.
Also, all these moves and who are we spending the money on?
Also, all these moves and who are we spending the money on?
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Not sure what kind of trade value there would be for a center who had a down year and is under contract to average 9M a year for the next three years.
Plus our line already needs to be upgraded in 3 of the 5 spots, so I'm not really down with ALSO having to find another center. Unless you want Pocic to move to center, and then you're downgrading the position even further for another year or two.
IMO continuity is the main reason our line has stunk the last 3-4 years. Overpaid or not, Britt is not the issue, so I'd rather keep him so we can focus on improving the RT and guard positions.
Plus our line already needs to be upgraded in 3 of the 5 spots, so I'm not really down with ALSO having to find another center. Unless you want Pocic to move to center, and then you're downgrading the position even further for another year or two.
IMO continuity is the main reason our line has stunk the last 3-4 years. Overpaid or not, Britt is not the issue, so I'd rather keep him so we can focus on improving the RT and guard positions.
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Somehow his contract never sunk in with me. Must be I was so happy they signed 1 at least?
But damn....$9M for friggin Britt but you won't pay $1.1M to Jahri Evans??
But damn....$9M for friggin Britt but you won't pay $1.1M to Jahri Evans??
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Really? Trade Everyone!!
Dead money would be nasty, not sure it would even save cap space to ship him out. Also knowing his salary and your eval is that he is just OK, who would trade for that combo?
Britt regressed, but this is premature - as is anointing pocic.
Dead money would be nasty, not sure it would even save cap space to ship him out. Also knowing his salary and your eval is that he is just OK, who would trade for that combo?
Britt regressed, but this is premature - as is anointing pocic.
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Trading him takes $2.5M OFF the cap. He's one of the safest players on the team from a cap perspective!
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Coug_Hawk08":3q40tcpv said:
If you trade him, there is no dead money. Only cutting results in dead money hits. New team assumes contract.
Anyway, bad idea. Very little draft pick return, and you make our line once again weaker.
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Sgt. Largent":gkkgvxfq said:
Most of the time, that is correct, but not in the case of the Britt contract.
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original poster":3ra1pq0f said:
How so?
adeltaY
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Trading can absolutely result in dead money. I think we're on the hook for his signing bonus no matter what but I might be wrong.
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I'm hoping he will play better with a new OL coach....
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Sgt. Largent":2affxmc9 said:
It's down to how the contract money was split.
If he was traded they'd lose his dead money ($8.75M) AND a further $2,583,334 would come off the books.
Exactly the same thing would happen with Germain Ifedi, Malik McDowell and Ethan Pocic as well.
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original poster":1745vlnb said:
Then we definitely won't be trading Britt.
Only players I see Pete and John dangling out to see if they can get a good trade deal on are;
- Thomas
- Sherman
- Bennett
- Wagner
- KJ
In the case of Sherman and Bennett, I'm not sure there's any trade value due to injuries. If teams weren't willing to give up a 1st or more for Sherman last year, they're sure not going to this year coming off a ruptured achilles.
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I can totally see 2 of Thomas, Bennett & Sherman being traded, personally.
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How about we wait for free agency....graham signs with another team and then we trade Britt to that team along with the #18 pick...for Graham...
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oldhawkfan":101atmgp said:
You're sick
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The lines horrible. We cant afford the get rid of even average players at this point.
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I believe Britt is in the first year of his extension, so we'd basically be eating his signing bonus for whatever pick we got for him. Doesn't make any sense to trade him at this point. Besides his total cap hit isn't that bad this year. It's the final year (2020) that we may want to have a replacement as his cap hit and base salary both balloon up.
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I looked a bit into his contract and according to Overthecap, he's due a roster bonus on the 5th day of the league year. We can opt out of that bonus, but it would just move into his base salary for 2018. If I'm reading that correctly, then the team would opt to not keep it as a bonus as that's pro rated and wouldn't move over with the trade and go on our books. Assuming they do opt to keep it, then you can be 100% assured he isn't going anywhere.
