They will also get crucified if they sit him down for 2 seasons based on a he said she said if it's proven they lied and/or recant. They can easily explain a lighter sentence by saying there simply wasn't enough evidence. will they? who knows.
No disagreement there....I'd even add because Cleveland was likely a less desirable location for him the Browns had to and were willing to pay more than the others.
so the Browns were forced to sign him to the same type of deal they always use?
Oh yeah they can find players to cut I'm sure, but does that help the roster?
I tend to disagree. Houston did the right thing last year and refused to play him. The Browns sold their soul and will, IMO only, absolutely play him. It's ridiculous, but I don't think they would have giving up the huge haul of picks and ridiculous contract to him if the weren't planning on playing him for all games for which he is not suspended. People can criticize their decision of course, but I think they made up their minds long ago. If I were a Browns fan I would have hated what the gave in picks and salary for Watson, but if they did all of that AND didn't play him I'd be calling for heads. Can you imagine setting your team back years by what they gave him and gave up for him and not playing him? That would be career suicide for everyone in their front office IMO
Yes but he was talking about the league office not the Browns. Browns no longer have a soul.
It's about 4-5 different people who cannot grasp the truth here. I mean, even one thought he understood but didn't. As an adult, though, he was able to simply say he was not aware and changed his mind.Dude, you literally take the things people say to you and repeat them against others. It's comical at this point. Ever notice you keep like 5 different threads going by arguing with like 20 people? Doesn't that tell you anything? I know, I know, it's everyone else that's wrong
No one learned anything. Anyone who follows football knows that is how these contracts are structured to help the teams. What you don't seem to be able to grasp is his case is different and this type of structure actually hurts the team.
Completely Wrong. Some teams don't even have $10M from day one and still operate fine. And more importantly, as i said when I used $30M in my example, use whatever you want. Use $10M use $20M. Use $30M, use whatever. The point is still the point. By paying him a larger salary this year they would help their cap. By paying him $1M they hurt their cap. Which is different from what they did with every other player.
Ahh. My bad. He did say exempt list I think so I'm wrong there.Comment withdrawn. As far as the league goes I don't know what the heck I think they will do
Oh Cleveland will play him. Its the other 31 owners who arent going to let that happen. And yes 10 of those 31 were trying to sign him.
Why wouldn't it also help the cap if he were suspended and they gave him $30M instead of $1M?
Yup, I agree. I misread your original post. My bad
Well, you can always cut guys, but that's $15M in dead money if they cut Cooper next year
They already restructured Cooper. Converted salary into bonus money and tacked on two fake years at the end.
No, $15M in dead money. $4M in 2023 and $11M in 2024
3.776 in 23 and 11.328 in 2024
