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This horse has been beaten to death on this board, but I have to take one more swing at its carcass. It's a character flaw, I admit.
Jairus Byrd's contract details: (http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/new-orlea...s/jairus-byrd/)
So what we've got is a contract which has backloaded some very high salaries into 2018 and 2019 to inflate the value of the deal. Byrd will be 32-33 in those seasons, out of his physical prime and likely on the decline of his career. If his play really fell off, they could get out of it in 2017 and save 6.1 million, at a cost of 3/27.9 million. That's the worst case scenario. Considering he will be 32 in 2018 with potential 8.8 million in cap savings, he becomes a prime candidate for a restructure or a cut then, meaning this is really a 4 year/36.2 million deal in all likelihood. Big numbers, but not the 56 million that everyone was flipping over.
But look at that first year cap hit. $3.5 million.
Some Bills 2014 cap hits:
Aaron Williams 4.29 million
Erik Pears: 3.4 million
Brandon Spikes is rumored a 3.5 million.
So Byrd’s first year cap hit, the one that would supposedly cripple us and keep us out of the FA market, was actually less than we paid Williams and the same we paid Spikes. Now sure, the cap hit goes up in subsequent seasons, but so does the salary cap itself. And this is before Earl Thomas gets a new deal to reset the market next offseason.
Jairus Byrd's contract details: (http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/new-orlea...s/jairus-byrd/)
| Year | Base | S. Bonus | Misc. | Cap Hit | Dead |
| 2014 | 1,300,000 | 2,200,000 | - | 3,500,000 | 18,300,000 |
| 2015 | 2,000,000 | 2,200,000 | 6,100,000 | 10,300,000 | 14,800,000 |
| 2016 | 7,400,000 | 2,200,000 | 100,000 | 9,700,000 | 6,600,000 |
| 2017 | 7,900,000 | 2,200,000 | 400,000 | 10,500,000 | 4,400,000 |
| 2018 | 8,400,000 | 2,200,000 | 400,000 | 11,000,000 | 2,200,000 |
| 2019 | 8,600,000 | - | 400,000 | 9,000,000 | - |
So what we've got is a contract which has backloaded some very high salaries into 2018 and 2019 to inflate the value of the deal. Byrd will be 32-33 in those seasons, out of his physical prime and likely on the decline of his career. If his play really fell off, they could get out of it in 2017 and save 6.1 million, at a cost of 3/27.9 million. That's the worst case scenario. Considering he will be 32 in 2018 with potential 8.8 million in cap savings, he becomes a prime candidate for a restructure or a cut then, meaning this is really a 4 year/36.2 million deal in all likelihood. Big numbers, but not the 56 million that everyone was flipping over.
But look at that first year cap hit. $3.5 million.
Some Bills 2014 cap hits:
Aaron Williams 4.29 million
Erik Pears: 3.4 million
Brandon Spikes is rumored a 3.5 million.
So Byrd’s first year cap hit, the one that would supposedly cripple us and keep us out of the FA market, was actually less than we paid Williams and the same we paid Spikes. Now sure, the cap hit goes up in subsequent seasons, but so does the salary cap itself. And this is before Earl Thomas gets a new deal to reset the market next offseason.
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