Long's contract expires after 2013, not 2012
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hoops
Tua time!
absolutely no reason to approach him about an extension before the end of the 2012 season...
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Even though he has 2 seasons left on his current deal, I think I would try to work out a contract extension now. We could lock him up long term and hopefully work it so we get some salary cap relief from the $12+ million he will count against the cap this season and next. It might be a tiny bit risky considering he been banged up a bit, but he is still an elite LT.
If not an extension, I would at least approach him about possibly restructuring his current deal a bit to get us some more cap room.
If not an extension, I would at least approach him about possibly restructuring his current deal a bit to get us some more cap room.
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but we should approach him about restructuring to reduce his cap number for 2012 and/or 2013.
This is good news and yes I would still try to get an extension done in hopes of some more cap relief.
hoops
Tua time!
ehhh...i'd be talkin more to marshal and dansby personally about restructuring right now...but why guys would consider approaching long coming off injury and making $12 mil the next 2 years makes zero damn sense...
we got bigger fish to fry than extending long right now...any time within his final year of his deal offseason etc thats when you approach a guy about an extension...any time after this season...not now...not when he's making top money anyways he's happy its not like he's getting hozed like cam wake is right now
you sign him to an extension now when you have 2 years left and $25 mil pretty much still left to pay him and he goes belly up due to injury you will get destroyed cap wise given the bonus etc...i'd make long play in 2012 and show he can stay healthy and play at a high level before i just gave him big money with a year plus still left on his contract
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that's crazy.... 4 straight pro bowls.
Matt Ryan who?
Matt Ryan who?
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Strange contract if what Omar is saying is true
Normally if the contract length changes at all then it gets shorter when the player hits his incentives, not longer (the incentive for the player is to hit free agency earlier)
Normally if the contract length changes at all then it gets shorter when the player hits his incentives, not longer (the incentive for the player is to hit free agency earlier)
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There is no way we can go into 2013 with Long's cap hit being 13 million. An extension has to happen next off season if we want any room to maneuver...
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Long is entering his prime, and has NO incentive to restructure. You either pay him his rookie contract or franchise him when the time comes.
I swear some people here live in fantasy land. Why would Long, on his rookie contract, take less money? No freaking way.
I swear some people here live in fantasy land. Why would Long, on his rookie contract, take less money? No freaking way.
hoops
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and thats when it will get done...prior to 2013...provided he plays at a high level in 2012
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In theory you could re-structure Jake Long's contract this offseason to pay him more money over the next two years than his existing contract pays but count less against the cap for those two years. Of course he then becomes very expensive in a few years but it's frequently done by teams near their cap limit