Post by whoskmoon on Mar 25, 2020 7:23:53 GMT -6
In the end what it comes down to is this, if he is still on the team in 2021, his contract is incredibly stupid. He will make 31 million in 2021, and a fully guaranteed 45 million in 2022.
If the Vikings trade him after 2020, his "extension" might get us a draft pick from a desperate team and cost us 10 million (+10 million from this year) in dead cap.
If they cut him after the 2020 season, his "extension" costs us an extra 31 million (+the 10 million from this year).
So these are the scenarios this contract gets us in order of ideal to horrifyingly bad:
#1 We win the SB this year and then who cares how much Cousins is making in 2021 and 2022
#2 Cousins has another 2018 season where the numbers look good on paper, but it is clear he is not the answer for the team. We will then need a team that is drafting late in the first who has a desperate need at QB and thinks Cousins can get them over the hump to trade a 2nd for him. In that scenario we gave up 10 million in dead cap for a 2nd rounder, which isn't a bad trade for team that is about to have a ton of cap because they dumped their overpriced QB.
#3 Cousins is so bad we get the #1 pick, draft Trevor Lawrence and have to eat 31 million in dead cap.
#4 Cousins is really bad, we don't get the #1 pick and have to eat 31 million in dead cap anyway.
#5 Cousins has a season like this one, and he is on the roster in 2021 and 2022 making more than Aaron Rodgers, Russel Wilson and Patrick Mahomes.
He will be because he has already been paid for 2021.
31M newly guaranteed at signing (2020 salary + 2021 salary
Not guaranteed to be paid by the Vikings, just guaranteed. If that 2021 salary was all signing bonus, you would be right, but the 2021 money is 21 million in salary(which would transfer to his new team) and 10 million in signing bonus in 2021 + 10 million in prorated signing bonus from 2022 (which would count against the Viking's cap).
... and neither is this Chris guy.