Originally posted by Bobdawg78:
Malcolms contract isn't as team friendly as you think. They gave him a 7 million dollar signing bonus and guaranteed 4.5 million in base salary over the first 2 years. He will be a negative cap hit if we get rid of him before he plays 2 seasons. Before the 3rd season we'd only save 1.25 million if we cut him, or like 2+ million if we use the June 1 cut, and spread the cap hit over 2 years.
We have all this cap space, and Lynch is still giving signing bonuses to guys who won't be here for the duration of their contract. That's the one thing I don't like, because when we cut or trade them years later, we take cap hits, and have DEAD MONEY on the books. If we only wanted Malcolm for 3 years, then guarantee the 11.5 million in base salary over his first 3 seasons, with NO SIGNING BONUS, thus if we want to trade him, then we don't take a cap hit, or have dead money on the books. Sad to say, but the Raiders are very smart in the way they've been doing contracts, and they continue to keep their guys, and continue to have money to add in FA, because they Front load contracts, and don't give out signing bonuses to FA's.
Agree with everything you said, Bobdawg, but blowing this UDFA money, moreso than any other team, has resulted in UDFAs thinking, "SF First stop". This is exactly how we got the #1 UDFA mini- mite 5'9" Safety to sign with us...and he has a legit chance of making it. If we were a stacked team with 22 bona fide starters, and 2 deep backups besides, and wiht little or no cap room, then no...bad idea. But for now, when we finished last yr with maybe half a dozen legit starters, and no depth anywhere, plus add in a ton of cap room....well, under those circumstances, it seems to have worked for us. But will we do this forever? Probably not. Give Lynch credit tho, for turning over every rock to find guys who can help build our team up. And that includes these UDFA signings, where we have definitely blown some money on guys who are pretty sure to get cut or , are already gone.
