Redskins 2012 Salary Cap Status

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Originally Posted by los panda

how would it be structured?

A high pct of it will be in a signing bonus, but the entire amount will be fully guaranteed, so that hardly matters.

The Redskins will also receive a club option for 2016 at the value of a transition (?) tag, but they have to make a decision to exercise that (which becomes guaranteed when exercised) before the start of the 2015 league year. To put that in perspective, that is where Stafford, Sanchez, and Freeman are right now in there careers. Do we yet know who the best of that class is?

It would help everyone if Griffin is very good very fast, because it makes sense if you know he's going to be your QB for a long time to get an extension done prior to the relevant contract option because you're going to have to give him a boatload of guaranteed money anyway, so itd be best if you can sign him long term with that money rather than committing to give it to him and still having to sign him.

Basically, your commitment to Robert Griffin as a function of this trade is three years. But we already knew that because we don't have a first round pick in 2013 or 2014, so it's kinda difficult to replace him with a Matt Barkley or a Tyler Bray.