Bonnafon to IR

[Icege]

3 minutes ago, 1of10Charnatives said:

Do you plan on cutting him before next year?

His contract is structured in a way that allows us to get out before the escalations, yes. There will be leverage to renegotiate.

[1of10Charnatives]

6 minutes ago, Icege said:

His contract is structured in a way that allows us to get out before the escalations, yes. There will be leverage to renegotiate.

I notice that you alluded to, but did not actually answer, my question. You might have a future in politics.

[Icege]

32 minutes ago, 1of10Charnatives said:

I notice that you alluded to, but did not actually answer, my question. You might have a future in politics.

I didn't think it made much sense since I'm not employed by the team, so I wouldn't be the one to make that call. Would I cut him? No, that'd be ridiculous. Why cut the only tenured LB on the field that is also calling the plays? If he doesn't perform well or gets hurt, the structure would allow to renegotiate. However, with his current play and pay (especially when looking into the total overall salary cap and where his pay ranks in comparison to other LBs which I have done here), it would be foolish to cut him.

Just in case folks don't want to follow the link:

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The comparison to Luke's contract is not exactly the best comparison because Luke's deal came when the team's cap was set to be $155.27M while Shaq got his when the cap was set to be $53.2M higher at $208.47M.

On top of this, Shaq's contract isn't a top 5 cap hit for the team (#7). It isn't even a top 10 for OLBs (#17) nor ILBs (#12). Want to know where his cap hit ranks amongst ALL linebackers this season? 28th. How the fug are people complaining about the man being the 28th highest paid LB?