SemperFeist Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 54 minutes ago, disaacs said: I would assume most of them are offensive players...because at least he'll probably throw a little bit more catchable ball than Keenum. Xavier Rhodes has been pretty active on social media regarding Cousins. He’s a fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heavydan85 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Are there rules against extremely front loading a contract? Like could they decide to be pretty much done with free agency signings of note and sign cousins in a way that is like 44 million this year and 20 the next 2 years? We filled true only major hole I saw us filling in free agency, so I'd be very happy if they could make a team friendly contract like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Just now, Heavydan85 said: Are there rules against extremely front loading a contract? Like could they decide to be pretty much done with free agency signings of note and sign cousins in a way that is like 44 million this year and 20 the next 2 years? We filled true only major hole I saw us filling in free agency, so I'd be very happy if they could make a team friendly contract like that. I wouldn't think so, because that's player-friendly too. A backloaded contract is more unfriendly to the player than a front-loaded one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joru1000 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 I think we should draft a QB in the middle rounds, just in case if Cousins gets injured I won't be a PO'd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikeManDan Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 1 minute ago, Heavydan85 said: Are there rules against extremely front loading a contract? Like could they decide to be pretty much done with free agency signings of note and sign cousins in a way that is like 44 million this year and 20 the next 2 years? We filled true only major hole I saw us filling in free agency, so I'd be very happy if they could make a team friendly contract like that. I don't know why there would be provided we stayed under the cap. I'm no expert though. I also am hoping we'll put at least $30+ into year 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikes_Bolts1228 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 No rule against it. We could pay Cousins $82 million this year and $1mil in 2019/2020 and it'd be fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikes_Bolts1228 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Since it's the first day of free agency, can players visit all day today or do they technically need to wait until 3pm CST to visit when FA officially opens? So could Kirk be here right now or does he have to wait until 3pm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikestyle Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 1 minute ago, Vikes_Bolts1228 said: Since it's the first day of free agency, can players visit all day today or do they technically need to wait until 3pm CST to visit when FA officially opens? So could Kirk be here right now or does he have to wait until 3pm? I believe he could be sitting across the street from the team facility, but isn't allowed to formally visit until 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heavydan85 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Thanks, I hope they front load as much as possible lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cearbhall Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 3 minutes ago, Vikes_Bolts1228 said: No rule against it. We could pay Cousins $82 million this year and $1mil in 2019/2020 and it'd be fine. True but there would be no benefit to the team. They would only do it if the player demanded more up front money when negotiating. A team could put more up front to make their offer look better than a similar offer with some other team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Man Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, Virginia Viking said: Cousins is greatly over paid. I really don't think he's an improvement over Bridgewater who would've been less expensive. I just don't understand the hype around Cousins! You don't understand the hype behind a dude who is: 3rd in completion % 4th in yards 4th in TDs 3rd in Game-winning drives since 2015? Do I need to spell it out for you??? Edited March 14, 2018 by Duff Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Just now, Duff Man said: You don't understand the hype behind a dude who is: 3rd in completion % 4th in yards 4th in TDs 3rd and Game-winning drives since 2015? Do I need to spell it out for you??? There are 3 kinds of lies...lies, damn lies, and statistics. Statistics don't tell the whole story. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDBrocks Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 1 minute ago, Duff Man said: You don't understand the hype behind a dude who is: 3rd in completion % 4th in yards 4th in TDs 3rd in Game-winning drives since 2015? Do I need to spell it out for you??? If you don't understand the reservation or hesitation shared by many, that's on you. You don't have to share those reservations, but it doesn't make them any less valid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikes_Bolts1228 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, Cearbhall said: True but there would be no benefit to the team. They would only do it if the player demanded more up front money when negotiating. A team could put more up front to make their offer look better than a similar offer with some other team. Well it'd benefit us to pay more this year and less the next two years when we have UFA's to sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cearbhall Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Vikes_Bolts1228 said: Well it'd benefit us to pay more this year and less the next two years when we have UFA's to sign. That seems to be a common misconception here. It would not benefit the team in any way other than to save them from themselves. The team is far better off paying less up front, banking the difference, rolling over the banked cap space to future years, and then paying it to the player. This is better from a cap flexibility standpoint as well as real dollar issues. Teams used to front load because rolling cap space from year to year was somewhat tricky. Rules have been changed since then. Edited March 14, 2018 by Cearbhall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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