Do you want Portis back next season?

[SolidSnake84]

At least everybody is questioning his motivation. Why wouldn't you be motivated to know that you are going to get the money no matter how much you suck?

They should re-do his deal to make him EARN his money. Then he'll refuse, Shanahan will cut him, and we will move on...

[MTK]

Originally Posted by SolidSnake84

At least everybody is questioning his motivation. Why wouldn't you be motivated to know that you are going to get the money no matter how much you suck?

They should re-do his deal to make him EARN his money. Then he'll refuse, Shanahan will cut him, and we will move on...

... And he will still get paid. He's guaranteed something like $7M so he has no incentive at all to do a new deal, unless you want to give him more $$ but that's just insane. So you either cut him and get nothing, or you try to whip his ass into shape and get something in return for the money.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

interesting comment about Portis' contract as it relates to the capless year and a new CBA instituted after that from someone by the name of Spear on extremeskins:

No. No. No. I don't know why I have to keep explaining this. The dead money will not -- can not -- carry over to a new CBA. The uncapped year wipes the slate clean. So, if there is nothing to accelerate, there is no cap hit associated with releasing anyone signed prior to the next CBA, unless they have roster bonuses or guaranteed salary scheduled during newly capped seasons. Bottom line: it does not make a difference whether we cut him before or after the next CBA. His inflated cap number dies in March and will not be magically resurrected.

Also, Portis' base salary IS guaranteed for 2010.

Does anyone know if the part in italics is true or not? If its true, then there really is no benefit of releasing a player in 2010 based soley on your desire to be rid of an inflated contract.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

Does anyone know if the part in italics is true or not? If its true, then there really is no benefit of releasing a player in 2010 based soley on your desire to be rid of an inflated contract.

It's true, but there are going to be standardized restrictions on dumping large contracts this offseason. So perhaps if we are allowed to take Randy Thomas or Chris Samuels off the books this offseason, they won't allow us to release Portis and/or Moss as well. There really hasn't been much written about this, except that there will be restrictions. There will also be loopholes, I'm guessing.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

It's true, but there are going to be standardized restrictions on dumping large contracts this offseason. So perhaps if we are allowed to take Randy Thomas or Chris Samuels off the books this offseason, they won't allow us to release Portis and/or Moss as well. There really hasn't been much written about this, except that there will be restrictions. There will also be loopholes, I'm guessing.

i suppose we'll find out more as the deadline approaches... if anyone even knows when the deadline is.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

i suppose we'll find out more as the deadline approaches... if anyone even knows when the deadline is.

March 5 is the CBA expiration date.