Cutting Archuleta & The Salary Cap

[CrazyCanuck]

Originally Posted by That Guy

restructure usually means converting current or future base salary into signing bonus, which would only make things worse (cap wise). his base salary for his first three years is basically vet minimum anyways, so there's nothing to move.

and we can't shop him. his contract is horrible except as a 2 year vet min deal with a guarantee to dump him afterwards (instead of paying 4+mill a year) and having him have no real reason to play at all, money-wise. besides, he can't find a spot on the #30 defense and has been embarrassed weekly, so he has ZERO trade value.

I agree there is nothing we can do here in terms of restructuring.

However I do think trading him is a real possibility. Any team that traded for him would only be responsible for the salary portion of his contract. He'll make the vet min for 2007 and "only" $1M in 2008. Plus the acquiring team could cut him at anytime with no repercussions.

So from a financial standpoint I think AA is an attractive trade target. Of course there is also the football side of things and he might just be bad enough that no one wants him. But if we're gonna cut him anyways why not try to get something in return?

[hooskins]

Originally Posted by CrazyCanuck

I agree there is nothing we can do here in terms of restructuring.

However I do think trading him is a real possibility. Any team that traded for him would only be responsible for the salary portion of his contract. He'll make the vet min for 2007 and "only" $1M in 2008. Plus the acquiring team could cut him at anytime with no repercussions.

So from a financial standpoint I think AA is an attractive trade target. Of course there is also the football side of things and he might just be bad enough that no one wants him. But if we're gonna cut him anyways why not try to get something in return?

I like the idear of trading him, but you bring up a good point. Who wants him now? I mean maybe teams that are playing 3-4, and they could somehow utilize him. I am not sure if Chicago would want him anymore.