Titans trade for Julio Jones

So who's on here saying they rather have Davis? Also the talking heads on sports TV saying the same thing. It's obvious they didn't watch any Titans games last year especially towards the end of our season and Playoff lost to Baltimore, where Corey Davis developed BHS(brick hands syndrome). I was elated to see Davis walk after that loss, tired of him having 2 or 3 good games outta the year and people saying he's a #1 playing a #2. 32 year old Jones>Davis i dont care if Davis sniffed a 1000 yard season.

 

It wasn't just that we didn't have the cap space. JRob made it clear he doesn't like to restructure because that's how you end up in cap hell. You don't pay the player cash up front. It's the opposite. You make a part of their current salary a bonus, and spread it over the remaining years of the contract. So you clear space this year, but increase your cap for the rest of the contract. It is "kicking the can down the road". The player also has to be willing to get paid less now.

Ultimately, I like the decision but I just didn't think it was a probability. Maybe it was also a subconscious way for me not to get my hopes up, and then get crushed. I'm happy I was wrong.

 

Aren't you happy we didn't restructure people to resign CD and Jonnu now? Restructuring isn't that clean. If you do it too much, you end up in a situation where CAP wise, you're overpaying for a player and might not be able to get rid of them. JRob might be banking on a significant CAP increase in 2022. Either way, it was worth the risk for JJ.

So it looks like we created $15,600,000 this year but Tanny's cap hit increases by $7,800,000 in 2022 and 2023. Again, worth the risk.

 

The player does not get paid less now...in fact Tanny gets another big check right now.....his game checks will be much much smaller with the restructure, but overall money is the same for him.

 

Is this a serious question? Julio. I’d rather have Julio.

 

I thought they might add a voidable yr as well to give just a little more cap room this yr. It will allow them to still add a voidable yr or 2 if they want to in the future

 

How so? Let's say my salary was $30M but I'm restructuring $15M over 3 years. My new salary is $15 with a bonus of $5. Then I'll get an extra $5 each of the next two years.

I think teams might increase the total bonus to incentivize the player, but that just increases the cap risk down the road.

It is very possible I'm missing something.