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Schneed10 · 02-23-2005, 11:15 AM

This is unrealistic.

1) You can't just tell somebody to retire. You either have to cut him or keep him on the team. It's the player's decision to retire.

2) Brunell doesn't even want to be a backup QB, let alone retired.

3) Signing him to a new restructured deal does not exonerate you from dealing with his original $8.6 million bonus against your cap. He'll never agree to retire, so your only option is to cut him. Doing so would result in the acceleration of his bonus, which would hit our cap with a good $7 million.

Unless he agrees to give back some of his signing bonus, we're stuck with him. That's what happens when you sign old guys to big bonuses.

02-23-2005, 11:15 AM	#3
Schneed10 A Dude Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Newtown Square, PA Age: 46 Posts: 12,458	Re: Question for Canuck / Possible Brunell fix This is unrealistic. 1) You can't just tell somebody to retire. You either have to cut him or keep him on the team. It's the player's decision to retire. 2) Brunell doesn't even want to be a backup QB, let alone retired. 3) Signing him to a new restructured deal does not exonerate you from dealing with his original $8.6 million bonus against your cap. He'll never agree to retire, so your only option is to cut him. Doing so would result in the acceleration of his bonus, which would hit our cap with a good $7 million. Unless he agrees to give back some of his signing bonus, we're stuck with him. That's what happens when you sign old guys to big bonuses.