NYRaider Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 9 minutes ago, Forge said: Vet minimum. What's the hold up with cutting him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 14 hours ago, CP3MVP said: I don’t know why the bears didnt trade Quinn. Like you traded Mack, You let Hicks walk, blow it all up. Now that a bunch of teams have more cap space a trade could happen soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted June 2, 2022 Author Share Posted June 2, 2022 Just now, NYRaider said: What's the hold up with cutting him? There's no reason to cut him at the current point in time. There's no pressing deadline. Even if they ultimately eat 6 million of his salary and acquire a fifth round pick for him, that's a huge win in comparison to just cutting him and ultimately paying him 17+ million to play for another team. Unlikely that any team will give him more than the vet minimum because it makes no difference to Baker. Whether his new team offers him the vet minimum or 10M, Baker sees the same amount of money, the only difference is how much the Browns are on the hook for. Something like a no franchise tag clause would hold a ton more value to him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefs_5627 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Ouch File this under: "Say anything for clicks" 😒 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted June 2, 2022 Author Share Posted June 2, 2022 Based on this, will guess that Mack is leaning more toward retiring than coming back for a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sad People Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 7 minutes ago, Chiefs_5627 said: Ouch File this under: "Say anything for clicks" 😒 Man theyre really digging deep into the bag right there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 10 minutes ago, Chiefs_5627 said: Ouch File this under: "Say anything for clicks" 😒 Do you think this was a situation where the team tried to suppress his stats so they could lower his value? He just had 159 targets/111 receptions, both by far the most he has ever had in his career... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 13 minutes ago, Forge said: There's no reason to cut him at the current point in time. There's no pressing deadline. Even if they ultimately eat 6 million of his salary and acquire a fifth round pick for him, that's a huge win in comparison to just cutting him and ultimately paying him 17+ million to play for another team. Unlikely that any team will give him more than the vet minimum because it makes no difference to Baker. Whether his new team offers him the vet minimum or 10M, Baker sees the same amount of money, the only difference is how much the Browns are on the hook for. Something like a no franchise tag clause would hold a ton more value to him As the season gets closer and OTA's ramp up doesn't his trade value drop pretty significantly though? I'd guess any team interested in him would want him ASAP so he can learn the system, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted June 2, 2022 Author Share Posted June 2, 2022 Just now, NYRaider said: As the season gets closer and OTA's ramp up doesn't his trade value drop pretty significantly though? I'd guess any team interested in him would want him ASAP so he can learn the system, etc. Sure, but we are talking about cutting him. They can hold him for as long as they want. Makes no nevermind for the Browns. Unlike the 49ers with Jimmy, there's no real incentive to cut him (1M is better than nothing, but also not really a reason) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NYRaider Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Just now, Forge said: Sure, but we are talking about cutting him. They can hold him for as long as they want. Makes no nevermind for the Browns. Unlike the 49ers with Jimmy, there's no real incentive to cut him (1M is better than nothing, but also not really a reason) Yeah I always forget that the NFL is drastically different than the NBA. If the same situation were happening in the NBA and a team was keeping a player in bad faith like that it'd be a black eye for the front office when trying to recruit talent in the future. But in the NFL all of that kind of stuff seems to get overlooked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefs_5627 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 10 minutes ago, NYRaider said: Do you think this was a situation where the team tried to suppress his stats so they could lower his value? He just had 159 targets/111 receptions, both by far the most he has ever had in his career... Exactly. Facts and previous statements refute everything said in the teaser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candyman93 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 1 hour ago, NYRaider said: Yeah I always forget that the NFL is drastically different than the NBA. If the same situation were happening in the NBA and a team was keeping a player in bad faith like that it'd be a black eye for the front office when trying to recruit talent in the future. But in the NFL all of that kind of stuff seems to get overlooked. It’s because 1 guy can’t make that big of a difference unless he’s a QB. Players just get tossed into the meat grinder in the NFL and replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jakuvious Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 6 hours ago, Forge said: There's no reason to cut him at the current point in time. There's no pressing deadline. Even if they ultimately eat 6 million of his salary and acquire a fifth round pick for him, that's a huge win in comparison to just cutting him and ultimately paying him 17+ million to play for another team. Unlikely that any team will give him more than the vet minimum because it makes no difference to Baker. Whether his new team offers him the vet minimum or 10M, Baker sees the same amount of money, the only difference is how much the Browns are on the hook for. Something like a no franchise tag clause would hold a ton more value to him They may as well hold out for a Sam Bradford situation, at this point. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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