Originally posted by Heroism:
Originally posted by jonnydel:
I think this on target. Problem is, you're probably not going to see that in a COVID year. KC is pushing hard but they are still subject to the cap and have pushed a TON of cap cost down to next season and beyond.
While there are still some big contracts being signed, you're also not seeing near the kind of activity as normal. It's all happening st the top end of the teams with space and you're seeing talented guys get jettisoned.
In a normal year, Shaq Barrett would've reset the edge market. Not this year.
In a normal year, Joe Thuney would've reset the guard market, he didn't.
Packers just gave that contract to Bakhtiari a few months ago, so Trent probably sees no excuse for him not to receive something similar.
Yeah and GB is kind of hard up because of it too. They're currently still 6 mil on the red even after doing a restructure on DB's deal already to free up more space this season and his cap hit is small compared to what it will be later. He's a 26 and 30 mil cap hits by the end.
KC and INDY both don't have quite that option, IMO. KC has already pushed huge amounts of space down the road and we're seeing with teams like the Bears, Saints, Rams and Eagles what that does, and the cap won't return to pre-covid projections for 2 more years.
Indy has 42 FA's next season, so while they have money, it can go pretty quick so they may not want to do a majorly backloaded deal, plus, I doubt Trent wants that.
If Trent wants more cash paid out in the first 3 years
(What I see) he won't be able to command what Bakhtiari did.
