Can someone explain this to me...............

[Judge Fudge]

https://x.com/RapSheet/status/1740055253515706587?s=20

 

[Fountain City Blues]

https://x.com/RapSheet/status/1740055253515706587?s=20

Russell isn’t very good and is expensive. If any guarantees are injury related, there’s your reason.

 

[ducky]

The $37 Million base salary he has in 2025 becomes guaranteed in March (5 days after start of the league year).

Which means if he is hurt at that point, it is an automatic guarantee because you cant just cut an injured player. So they are just trying to avoid having to automatically give that $37M guaranteed to him.

But remember that is 2025 salary (not 2024), they are talking about. It's unlikely the Broncos just flat out cut him. The dead cap hit even without that $37M is still really bad. This is all about leverage for a renegotiated contract IMO. Making sure that the $37M isnt automatically on the table already when they start to argue about his future pay is the reason for this move.

 

[HaroldSeattle]

The $37 Million base salary he has in 2025 becomes guaranteed in March (5 days after start of the league year).

Which means if he is hurt at that point, it is an automatic guarantee because you cant just cut an injured player. So they are just trying to avoid having to automatically give that $37M guaranteed to him.

But remember that is 2025 salary (not 2024), they are talking about. It's unlikely the Broncos just flat out cut him. The dead cap hit even without that $37M is still really bad. This is all about leverage for a renegotiated contract IMO. Making sure that the $37M isnt automatically on the table already when they start to argue about his future pay is the reason for this move.

That sounds correct as it would be difficult to handle the financial hit to the cap if they simply cut him. It would be 85 million and since they would have to cut him in February they couldn't even spread it over two years.

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

Seems very similar to the Raiders and Carr last season. Protection from injury and Payton wanting to find a way to move on. Gonna be a situation where Russ may well be looking for a new team and the Broncos just taking a big hit in the present to avoid more down the road. SP obviously doesn't want him there.