Chatter from NFL Owners' Meeting

[BrudLee]

Originally Posted by Defensewins

I don't see Brady getting a bigger deal than Manning, because the Patriots are a cheap team. They are not cash rich like other teams. Plus the Manning deal is crazy. I see the Colts in a year or two regretting this deal when they have to cut players to stay under the cap. I see it similar to Alex Rodriguez in Texas. The Colts are still a few players away from being able to win a superbowl. Manning's cap number in a few years will consume a large percentage of the cap and leave them with no options..

I don't think the Manning deal is as backloaded as other deals of it's size normally are. With a signing bonus of that size, you pretty much know how the cap hit is going to come when you sign the deal. This isn't like Stephen Davis's deal with us a few years ago, where no one thought it would go the length of the deal.

[Defensewins]

Originally Posted by BrudLee

I don't think the Manning deal is as backloaded as other deals of it's size normally are. With a signing bonus of that size, you pretty much know how the cap hit is going to come when you sign the deal. This isn't like Stephen Davis's deal with us a few years ago, where no one thought it would go the length of the deal.

Actually it is back loaded. Manning will count $8M the next two years.
But he jumps to $10M in 2006, $18M in 2008, a whopping $20.6M in 2009 and $19M in 2010. Even if they restructure later, the big signing bonus will still haunt them. Plus I read there are several attainable incentives, these numbers will go higher!
Manning better not get hurt.


Year Base Cap
2004 $535,000 $8.302 m
2005 $665,000 $8.432 m
2006 $1 m $10.052 m
2007 $1 m $7.686 m
2008 $11.5 m $18.186 m
2009 $14 m $20.686 m
2010 $15.8 m $19.952 m