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IowaSkinsFan · 03-03-2004, 10:47 AM

My chin is still on the floor from hearing about the Manning contract?

I don't understand how the franchise tag would have counted $18 million against the cap for the Colts. The Franchise tag is supposed to be the average, average, of the top five paid players at your position. There's no way that 18 million is the average of the top five paid players. Can anyone shed light on that?

And a $34 million dollar bonus, spread over 7 years? Hell his cap number from bonus money alone will be nearly 5million, and that doesn't include his salaries. 99.2 million over 7 years averages $14million a year in cap charges? How can one team afford that?

I really don't want to hear the media bash Snyder anymore for thoughtless spending after seeing this contract.

03-03-2004, 10:47 AM	#6
IowaSkinsFan Camp Scrub Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Duh Age: 52 Posts: 49	My chin is still on the floor from hearing about the Manning contract? I don't understand how the franchise tag would have counted $18 million against the cap for the Colts. The Franchise tag is supposed to be the average, average, of the top five paid players at your position. There's no way that 18 million is the average of the top five paid players. Can anyone shed light on that? And a $34 million dollar bonus, spread over 7 years? Hell his cap number from bonus money alone will be nearly 5million, and that doesn't include his salaries. 99.2 million over 7 years averages $14million a year in cap charges? How can one team afford that? I really don't want to hear the media bash Snyder anymore for thoughtless spending after seeing this contract.