Commanders Post at The Warpath - View Single Post - Is there a contingency plan for Brunnell and the money/cap room at the end?

MTK · 10-12-2004, 01:49 PM

Well, he signed a 7 year $43M deal that included a signing bonus of $8.6M.

His base deal doesn't really start to get out of control until 2006 and 2007 when his base will be over $5M and $6M respectively. If we cut him his signing bonus is all going to come due, approx $1.23M per year.

His deal is basically a 3-4 year deal, so unless he retires at some point we're probably going to eat about $4-5M from his bonus. We've eaten worse deals.

It's not really a bad deal cap wise, but he could be an expensive backup if things play out that way.

10-12-2004, 01:49 PM	#3
MTK \m/ Join Date: Feb 2004 Age: 52 Posts: 99,832	Well, he signed a 7 year $43M deal that included a signing bonus of $8.6M. His base deal doesn't really start to get out of control until 2006 and 2007 when his base will be over $5M and $6M respectively. If we cut him his signing bonus is all going to come due, approx $1.23M per year. His deal is basically a 3-4 year deal, so unless he retires at some point we're probably going to eat about $4-5M from his bonus. We've eaten worse deals. It's not really a bad deal cap wise, but he could be an expensive backup if things play out that way.