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Originally Posted by RealSNR
I know jack crap about NFL finances. I nod my head in discussions and pretend I know what people are talking about, but in reality when it comes to cap discussions and whatnot, I don't know what's going on.
That being said, people ask, "Why doesn't Mike Brown demand greater degrees of excellence from his coaches? Why does he hold onto these guys for so long?" Or we'll talk about things like that discussion item from a few days ago about the super tiny number of employed front office personnel compared to most teams around the league.
"Why does the team operate in such a way that it hamstrings the franchise in unnecessary ways?"
Well, the kindest and most logical answer to me is because ownership isn't as rife with resources to make those things happen. Because any other alternative answer involves calling the guy incompetent or just plain stupid.
But again, I recognize that my opinion/outlook could be uninformed and incorrect because I don't have my facts straight.
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He's the ultimate 'can't teach an old dog new tricks' kind of guy. He's loyal to a fault and that loyalty is the money he has to pay in contracts. He will wring the last penny out of them, results be damned. As long as he's can use black ink, that's all that matters.
Old ways, set in stone. Unwilling to adapt and change with the times. He's always been cheap, just like his dad because that's what he knows and he's locked into it.
Anyway, to my question. I was looking at it wrong. I think i have it now. The escrow a team has to put aside is the total number of guaranteed money, minus the first year salary and signing bonus (and maybe options etc). Anyway, to make it easier i'm just going to calculate total guarantee - first year salary + signing bonus.
So for a guy like Burrow, Mike Brown would have to put about $178M in escrow for his guarantees. So, i can see where the numbers might get big enough for some serious sticker shock for a guy like Mike, or for a guy(s) who don't manage their caps well and/or hire/fire guys like it's going out of style, ala Faid.
Paul Brown was an OG football guru. Mike played FB in college but he's more lawyer/business man than football guy.
Thanks for the input, homie.