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wewhite3:

You said to get Brunell to restructure his contract instead of stealing the money. Just a guess here, but I don't think that kind of approach is going to motivate him to do anything helpful. He might tell Danny Boy or Vinny or whomever brought him that message to go take a crap in a flat hat...

Now let's try to be rational for just a moment. Crazy Canuck gan get the numbers exactly right here but I recall that Brunell signed a six year deal with an $8M signing bonus. Let's assume I got that close enough for an estimate. If you release or trade Brunell, five-sixths of that signing bonus goes onto the cap now. That would be $6.7M on the cap in dead money if you release him. So the Skins are not going to cut him or trade him and he probably knows that.

So, what are you going to say to him to make it worth Mark Brunell's time to consider your request - not your demand! - that he restructure? Remember, if he says he won't do it, your only "punishment" is to cut him and eat the dead money. So, pretend you're Vinny or Danny Boy for a moment and tell me what you're going to do...