Most of the questions I recently received have been about the salary cap consequences for trading for a player, so I am going to do two mailbags this week. This one will be focused on trading for a player. I will do another mailbag on Wednesday.
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Background
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Patrick Peterson
1.) Lower a current Patriot player's cap number
2.) Extend a player with a large salary lowering his salary
Stephen Gostkowski
3.) The player's old team could, before the trade, pay the player a signing bonus
4.) Include a current Patriot in the trade to offset partially the incoming cap hit.
Devin McCourty
Question from Twitter follower ViewFromtheCheapSeat:
Hey @patscap I know the chances are very slim but how much of a hit would Le’Veon Bell be if the Pats snagged him?
Answer
Manti Te'o
Shane Ray
Karl Joseph
Haason Reddick
Gareon Conley
Ameer Abdullah
CJ Anderson
Deone Buchanon
Bruce Irvin
Le'Veon Bell
Patrick Peterson
Jamie Collins
Question from Twitter follower Pats POV (McGarvin):
Good evening @patscap I was wondering if you knew the rules regarding acquiring a player in the final year of their deal via a trade whose base salary exceeds the acquiring team’s cap before an extension. Ex: Team has $7M in cap and player’s base salary is $8.7M would the team be allowed to acquire the said player if an extension was reached alongside the trade? If an extension is reached before the trade is formally announced that reduces player’s cap hit to $3M is it allowed? Or would the player's salary have to already be under the cap before the trade?
Answer:
Tom Brady
Randy Moss
Question:
Answer: Please see my 2018 salary cap page.
Question:
Answer: Please see my 2018 salary cap page.
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