Originally posted by jonnydel:
maybe I don't fully understand how the June 1st designation for Brooks works, but, how do we have 6.5 mil for Brooks? As far as I understood, his signing bonus and restructuring bonus would still count against us this year - the savings we would get are from his base salary, roster bonus and workout bonus - which is equal to 4.7 - then, his pro-rated signing bonus for next season and his cumulative restructure bonus would both count in dead money next year, at 3.1
As for the Kap deal - that's why I had a problem with the deal when it was released - to quote "O Brother where art thou", "that don't make no sense!"
and I agree that the Johnson releasing is just plain stupid - never said it was a good idea haha. Just saying, that pulling a stupid move is the only way for us to sign a FA or resign a guy like Iupati, Gore or Crabs - so it sucks either way.
Brooks only has $5,546,250 in prorated money left in his deal, which is through 2017.
He counts for over $9M in 2016, but with a june 1st cut, the bonus gets divided into 2 seasons, with 1 years worth of proration counting for the first year, and the rest in the second year.
Can I ask where you are getting your numbers from? What site?