Post by GordonG on Mar 16, 2018 14:05:34 GMT -5
1. Based on what I have read, Omameh is a good value pick up if he continues to perform as he did in the playoffs.
2. I think Martin is a bit of the roll of the dice. He needs to continue to improve from the 9 games he started in during the second half of last season.
3. Restructuring of contracts are an ongoing process. It is my understanding that Abrams regularly sits down with certain player agents to come up with contingency contract changes to create CAP space when needed. It is generally acknowledged that Abrams excels in the knitty gritty aspects of contract structuring and CAP management. It is for this reason that I do not pay particular attention to where the Giants are in terms of being over or under the CAP.
4. Some people do not understand rookie CAP and rookie pool. A typical mistake is determining the total cost of the draft without subtracting the lowest player contracts to make up the 51 contracts that count against the CAP prior to the beginning of the regular season.
5. If the player and his agent want to cooperate, just about anything within certain limits can be accomplished to fit a contract within the CAP. A good example is the Giants pursuit of Norwell. From what I read it is my understanding that Norwell went beyond the limit that the Giants could afford. This situation is a great example of the Giants wanting a particular player and willing to go beyond what they would normally spend. However there is a limit to everything. As a direct result, the Giants probably overpaid for Solder so that they would not get shut out on both players.
6. It is my take that it is situations like the pursuit of Norwell and Solder that Abrams earns his pay. I do suspect that Reese did not listen to Abrams on certain contracts that are now a bit of a headache. Specifically JPP and perhaps even Vernon. The good news here is that Bettcher has a good chance of making JPP's and Vernon's contracts worthwhile. Depth is definitely being created to reduce the number of game snaps JPP and Vernon take. Hopefully the reduction of game snaps will improve their performance late in the game as well as reduce the amount of time the normal wear and tear of a season impacts their performance.
7. A player has to be healthy before being cut or having to have an injury settlement involved. According to what I have read, injury settlements are limited by the union contract to a max of 1.5mm.
8. For clarity purposes here are the years the highest paid Giants players could be cut from strictly a CAP point of view: Eli, Ogletree and Jenkins 2019; Vernon, Harrison and JPP 2020; Solder 2021. As a side note the Giants are in very good CAP shape starting in 2019. With that said, lots of negotiations/decisions to be made.
2. I think Martin is a bit of the roll of the dice. He needs to continue to improve from the 9 games he started in during the second half of last season.
3. Restructuring of contracts are an ongoing process. It is my understanding that Abrams regularly sits down with certain player agents to come up with contingency contract changes to create CAP space when needed. It is generally acknowledged that Abrams excels in the knitty gritty aspects of contract structuring and CAP management. It is for this reason that I do not pay particular attention to where the Giants are in terms of being over or under the CAP.
4. Some people do not understand rookie CAP and rookie pool. A typical mistake is determining the total cost of the draft without subtracting the lowest player contracts to make up the 51 contracts that count against the CAP prior to the beginning of the regular season.
5. If the player and his agent want to cooperate, just about anything within certain limits can be accomplished to fit a contract within the CAP. A good example is the Giants pursuit of Norwell. From what I read it is my understanding that Norwell went beyond the limit that the Giants could afford. This situation is a great example of the Giants wanting a particular player and willing to go beyond what they would normally spend. However there is a limit to everything. As a direct result, the Giants probably overpaid for Solder so that they would not get shut out on both players.
6. It is my take that it is situations like the pursuit of Norwell and Solder that Abrams earns his pay. I do suspect that Reese did not listen to Abrams on certain contracts that are now a bit of a headache. Specifically JPP and perhaps even Vernon. The good news here is that Bettcher has a good chance of making JPP's and Vernon's contracts worthwhile. Depth is definitely being created to reduce the number of game snaps JPP and Vernon take. Hopefully the reduction of game snaps will improve their performance late in the game as well as reduce the amount of time the normal wear and tear of a season impacts their performance.
7. A player has to be healthy before being cut or having to have an injury settlement involved. According to what I have read, injury settlements are limited by the union contract to a max of 1.5mm.
8. For clarity purposes here are the years the highest paid Giants players could be cut from strictly a CAP point of view: Eli, Ogletree and Jenkins 2019; Vernon, Harrison and JPP 2020; Solder 2021. As a side note the Giants are in very good CAP shape starting in 2019. With that said, lots of negotiations/decisions to be made.