Post-Draft Around the League (non Ravens news)

[Rxdoxx]

Adam Schefter‏Verified account @AdamSchefter 4m4 minutes ago




For the coming season, Denver will pay QB Brock Osweiler $775,000 and Cleveland will pay him $15.225 million.

Cleveland has a ton of dead money, and not a lot of high paid starters

Brock Osweiler QB $15,225,000
Joe Haden CB $7,300,000
Justin Gilbert CB $1,913,364
Robert Griffin III QB $1,750,000
Gary Barnidge TE $1,625,000
John Hughes DE $1,500,000
Cameron Erving G $1,279,375
Paul Kruger OLB $1,200,000
Desmond Bryant DE $1,000,000
Demario Davis ILB $1,000,000

They planned to release and pay Osweiler for the draft pick, and to eat salary cap space without long term committments

Their highest paid player is Joe Bittono cap hit of $12,237,813
next is Jamie Collins $12,100,000
then Joe Thomas $11,500,000
and Kevin Zeitler $8,400,000
Highest paid players are 3 OL and an OLB

next player is Britt at $5,625,000
So they have a lot of high draft choices the next few years, and current tied up cap going to break free.

It is unusual to see Osweiler's payment breakdown, but Cleveland is gaming the system doing things that way (paying $15+ mil for a #2 pick in 2018) looks funny now but they loved doing it.

Remember they are not spending a lot of the money, it has already been spent and just and accounting entry, so they should be getting cash heavy also .... bunch of the dead money was paid, and just journaling off the salary books.

[WrongBaldy]

glad he didnt go to pitt
Buccaneers agreed to terms with SS T.J. Ward, formerly of the Broncos.

[saintmatthew]

Cleveland has a ton of dead money, and not a lot of high paid starters

Brock Osweiler QB $15,225,000
Joe Haden CB $7,300,000
Justin Gilbert CB $1,913,364
Robert Griffin III QB $1,750,000
Gary Barnidge TE $1,625,000
John Hughes DE $1,500,000
Cameron Erving G $1,279,375
Paul Kruger OLB $1,200,000
Desmond Bryant DE $1,000,000
Demario Davis ILB $1,000,000

They planned to release and pay Osweiler for the draft pick, and to eat salary cap space without long term committments

Their highest paid player is Joe Bittono cap hit of $12,237,813
next is Jamie Collins $12,100,000
then Joe Thomas $11,500,000
and Kevin Zeitler $8,400,000
Highest paid players are 3 OL and an OLB

next player is Britt at $5,625,000
So they have a lot of high draft choices the next few years, and current tied up cap going to break free.

It is unusual to see Osweiler's payment breakdown, but Cleveland is gaming the system doing things that way (paying $15+ mil for a #2 pick in 2018) looks funny now but they loved doing it.

Remember they are not spending a lot of the money, it has already been spent and just and accounting entry, so they should be getting cash heavy also .... bunch of the dead money was paid, and just journaling off the salary books.

I guess Haslam is now a legit money launderer


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[GOTA]

Cleveland has a ton of dead money, and not a lot of high paid starters

Brock Osweiler QB $15,225,000
Joe Haden CB $7,300,000
Justin Gilbert CB $1,913,364
Robert Griffin III QB $1,750,000
Gary Barnidge TE $1,625,000
John Hughes DE $1,500,000
Cameron Erving G $1,279,375
Paul Kruger OLB $1,200,000
Desmond Bryant DE $1,000,000
Demario Davis ILB $1,000,000

They planned to release and pay Osweiler for the draft pick, and to eat salary cap space without long term committments

Their highest paid player is Joe Bittono cap hit of $12,237,813
next is Jamie Collins $12,100,000
then Joe Thomas $11,500,000
and Kevin Zeitler $8,400,000
Highest paid players are 3 OL and an OLB

next player is Britt at $5,625,000
So they have a lot of high draft choices the next few years, and current tied up cap going to break free.

It is unusual to see Osweiler's payment breakdown, but Cleveland is gaming the system doing things that way (paying $15+ mil for a #2 pick in 2018) looks funny now but they loved doing it.

Remember they are not spending a lot of the money, it has already been spent and just and accounting entry, so they should be getting cash heavy also .... bunch of the dead money was paid, and just journaling off the salary books.

Not too many owners like having their money flushed down the toilet. But, if you own the Browns it does make sense....

[WrongBaldy]

Adam Schefter‏Verified account @AdamSchefter 8m8 minutes ago




Su'a Cravens told some Redskins on Saturday he plans to retire, but a meeting with team officials has changed his mind for now, per sources.

[GOTA]

Adam Schefter‏Verified account @AdamSchefter 8m8 minutes ago



Su'a Cravens told some Redskins on Saturday he plans to retire, but a meeting with team officials has changed his mind for now, per sources.

I knew that Cravens was hurt but I didn't realize it was that bad. Sitting out for a year probably won't help.

[HotInHere]

Adam Schefter‏Verified account @AdamSchefter 4m4 minutes ago




For the coming season, Denver will pay QB Brock Osweiler $775,000 and Cleveland will pay him $15.225 million.

Just imagine that the light comes on for Osweiler this year, and he wins the starting job in Denver, becomes a very good quarterback and takes the Broncos to the playoffs. That would have to be a new low for Browns fans -- paying the one good quarterback you've ever had $16MM to go and win FOR SOMEONE ELSE.

Very much a longshot, but then again, it is the Browns...

[WrongBaldy]

lol

http://deadspin.com/cleveland-police...ium=socialflow

[Ravenswintitle]

lol

http://deadspin.com/cleveland-police...ium=socialflow

anything to keep from watching a Browns game

[Rxdoxx]

Not too many owners like having their money flushed down the toilet. But, if you own the Browns it does make sense....

And you are required to spend a set percentage of the salary cap minimally.
So the money would have to be spent anyway.
If we have a CPA here they can correct or verify, but the dead money is not real cash, it is only accounting journaling. The money was spent in the past (prorated, the player gets the money and the team amortizes the debt over the life of the contract).
The Browns are not losing any real dollars ... players this year aren't getting as much cash paid to them because other players got it in past years (or Osweiler this year but that bought a 2nd round draft pick so the money wasn't flushed, just creatively spent for something else.)

Now unless you are a Bidwell this can't go on forever, (Bidwell was a cheapskate) ... the money will have to be invested in players, they are moneyball tinkering the timing of it

[The Excellector]

From what comments I've seen from Steeler fans, Coates had drop issues.

Well, he also had drop issues in college, so this is not a surprise.

[The Excellector]

lol

http://deadspin.com/cleveland-police...ium=socialflow

Wow.......I'm just going to stay on topic with this one.