RpMc Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, bionicsuperfreak said: You can't trade him this year. OTC. You can't trade him after March 20, 2021. 2022 salary becomes guaranteed. Must trade before March 20, 2021. Resulting in dead money of $41m. Who cares if his 2022 salary becomes guaranteed? Guaranteed salary doesn't accelerate into the cap if he's traded, only if he's cut. His new team would take on his guaranteed salary. Your original trade proposal is a huge miss. Edited October 23, 2020 by RpMc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cearbhall Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, RpMc said: Who cares if his 2022 salary becomes guaranteed? Guaranteed salary doesn't hit the cap if he's traded, only if he's cut. His new team would take on his guaranteed salary. Correct, trading Cousins right now would result in net dead money of $14.2M assuming they roll over the $5.8M of cap savings from this year into next year. Compare that to the $31M cap number the team has if they keep Cousins and you see a '21 cap savings of almost $16M if the team trades Cousins right now. If the Vikings could find anyone at all to take Cousins they should do it ASAP even if they get no more in return than relief from that contract. A team desperate for a QB could afford Cousins this year as most of his pay this year was already paid out by the Vikings as a signing bonus. His new team would only need $3.7M in cap room this year to take on Cousins. Hopefully their desperation this year blinds them to Cousins' future contract but $21M next year really isn't terrible for a QB of Cousins caliber either. It might be hard to trade Cousins but certainly not impossible. After all, the Eagles once found a team willing to give them a 1st and 4th round pick for Sam Bradford. There are GMs that make rash decisions when desperate. Edited October 23, 2020 by Cearbhall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikes_Bolts1228 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 27 minutes ago, Cearbhall said: Correct, trading Cousins right now would result in net dead money of $14.2M assuming they roll over the $5.8M of cap savings from this year into next year. Compare that to the $31M cap number the team has if they keep Cousins and you see a '21 cap savings of almost $16M if the team trades Cousins right now. If the Vikings could find anyone at all to take Cousins they should do it ASAP even if they get no more in return than relief from that contract. A team desperate for a QB could afford Cousins this year as most of his pay this year was already paid out by the Vikings as a signing bonus. His new team would only need $3.7M in cap room this year to take on Cousins. Hopefully their desperation this year blinds them to Cousins' future contract but $21M next year really isn't terrible for a QB of Cousins caliber either. It might be hard to trade Cousins but certainly not impossible. After all, the Eagles once found a team willing to give them a 1st and 4th round pick for Sam Bradford. There are GMs that make rash decisions when desperate. Basically any division leading team with little to no backup QB may be desperate....we can only wish.... It doesn't matter if it's for a 5th rounder....if you can get rid of him, DO IT. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingsrule Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Vikes_Bolts1228 said: Basically any division leading team with little to no backup QB may be desperate....we can only wish.... It doesn't matter if it's for a 5th rounder....if you can get rid of him, DO IT. With how bad the NFC East is, you’d think Dallas would jump all over this. Might only need seven wins for that division. That surely would send a curious message to Prescott, but I’m not convinced he’s really part of their plans anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twslhs20 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Vikes_Bolts1228 said: Basically any division leading team with little to no backup QB may be desperate....we can only wish.... It doesn't matter if it's for a 5th rounder....if you can get rid of him, DO IT. Well their aren't any GMs willing to get fleeced for a fringe starting QB. Well, one GM, but he works for Minnesota. I'm looking at you, Sam Bradford. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byuvike88 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 I'm still trying to figure out the Zach Ertz thing 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babababa Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Stafford? Trivia: Name a meaningful game Mathew Stafford has won in his 11 year career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 I've generally liked Stafford. However, I don't think he's a fit for what the Vikings are seemingly planning to do, which is to get both younger and cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) 16 hours ago, bionicsuperfreak said: Having 8 years of Cook and Stafford is more important than Harrison Smith. Stafford isn't going to play for 8 more years. With his wife's health situation and his own, I doubt he even plays more than 3 more years. I think Harrison may be able to play at least that, if he wishes to do. Edited October 23, 2020 by swede700 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikeManDan Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 That original post makes ZERO sense. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cearbhall Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, VikeManDan said: That original post makes ZERO sense. True story. I wasn't more than a couple sentences into it when I read that the Vikings can't trade Cousins because of cap ramifications and got hung up on that since cap ramifications is not at all the reason the team can't trade Cousins. But yeah, beyond that it still was hard to see the sense. Edited October 23, 2020 by Cearbhall 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikeManDan Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Cearbhall said: True story. I wasn't more than a couple sentences into it when I ready that the Vikings can't trade Cousins because of cap ramifications and got hung up on that since cap ramifications is not at all the reason the team can't trade cousins. But yeah, beyond that it still was hard to see the sense. On top of that two 1sts for Stafford? Zach Ertrz? Rambling upon rambling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Buck Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 So it sounds like what we would be doing is making the following deal: Minnesota Gets: Matthew Stafford 2021 Third Round Pick Detroit Gets: Kirk Cousins 2021 First Round Pick 2022 First Round Pick 2022 Third Round Pick Here is the thing. I like Matthew Stafford as a quarterback. I also wouldn't mind getting rid of Kirk Cousins. At the same time, giving up what amounts to two first's and a third would be MASSIVELY overpaying for what Stafford likely has left in the tank. I just don't see it happening. As for Harrison Smith, I'm not sure where he needs to come into the equation, since we would be trading him to Pittsburgh. I actually wouldn't mind trading him for a 2nd round pick, but it would be nice if we could find a trade partner who is going to be picking higher in the round than Pittsburgh likely will. Verdict: Stafford Deal - BIG NO. Smith Deal - Maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Uncle Buck said: So it sounds like what we would be doing is making the following deal: Minnesota Gets: Matthew Stafford 2021 Third Round Pick Detroit Gets: Kirk Cousins 2021 First Round Pick 2022 First Round Pick 2022 Third Round Pick Here is the thing. I like Matthew Stafford as a quarterback. I also wouldn't mind getting rid of Kirk Cousins. At the same time, giving up what amounts to two first's and a third would be MASSIVELY overpaying for what Stafford likely has left in the tank. I just don't see it happening. As for Harrison Smith, I'm not sure where he needs to come into the equation, since we would be trading him to Pittsburgh. I actually wouldn't mind trading him for a 2nd round pick, but it would be nice if we could find a trade partner who is going to be picking higher in the round than Pittsburgh likely will. Verdict: Stafford Deal - BIG NO. Smith Deal - Maybe. All of that is almost more nonsensical than the Herschel Walker trade was at the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelKing728 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 (edited) This opening post reminds me of myself when I first started here. ...oh dang. Has anyone checked on VD?!? Edited October 25, 2020 by SteelKing728 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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