[CBFF] - Part of this must be subterfuge

[mactbone]

USA Today's salary database has him down for $ 3,119,080 this year. It says his salary is $ 1,915,000 so the signing bonus counts for 1,204,080. Last year he counted for $ 5,473,850 - base salary of $ 1,020,000 - other bonus 3,253,850 (roster bonus I think, these only count during the year they're paid) = 1,200,000 for the bonus. I went back to 2005 and the signing bonus is listed at 6,000,000 with a 2 mill. roster bonus. So, the 8 million was right but not all of it was a signing bonus. The hit would be 1 million x 3 years (6 year contract, but 05, 06, 07 are paid) = 3 million, and his base salary is 1 million so they would lose 2 million. That's probably very rough since I know the USA Today site isn't always accurate. Still, it seems close compared to what Tom said.
-Chris

----- Original Message ----
From: Jim Ferolie <ferolie at charter.net>
To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 10:58:08 AM
Subject: Re: [CBFF] - Part of this must be subterfuge

I agree totally. He might talk a little too much (he's got his own TV show, 
for God's sake), but there is no doubt that the little veteran tricks have 
trickled down to the young guys, and our WR corps beyond him is still young. 
That's the No. 1 thing to me that causes WRs to take 3 years to develop in 
most cases, the mind games, the fakes, the little things.

Moose might not be super productive right now, but I don't think his 
contract is that expensive, either. Anyone know the cap implications of 
keeping vs. cutting?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Shannon" <tshanno at gmail.com>


Jason,

The Bear WR corps got better pretty quickly after Muhammad arrived.  I think
its because a veteran presence and experience helped stabilize the group and
that he taught the younger guys a lot of tricks.  That might make him more
valuable than he would appear to be on paper.

Just a suggestion.

Tom S.


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com [mailto:cbff-
> bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Jason Cetina
> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 10:38 PM
> To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> Subject: [CBFF] - Part of this must be subterfuge
>
> WTF? Moose looks like a keeper? That can't be. I've got no problem with
> Berrian leaving, but he should take Moose with him. I've got to believe
> that the front office is trying to create some leverage to sign Berrian
> to a lower contract. Or maybe the Bears are content with both of them
> ending up as Vikings.
>
> From:
> http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFL/NFC/NFC+North/Chicago/WWHI/200
> 7/wwhi121407.htm
>
> Briggs, Berrian could be goners
>
>
> Dec. 14, 2007
>
> On the Bears' free-agent front, the latest we're hearing on OLB *Lance
> Briggs* and WR *Bernard Berrian*, the team's top two players eligible
> for free agency, is that the team is leaning toward letting both of
> them
> walk. We hear the Bears believe second-year LB *Jamar Williams* could
> very effectively man the weak side at a lot more reasonable cost than
> what it would take to re-sign Briggs, who they feel is asking for more
> than he's worth, his rock-solid '07 season notwithstanding. Team
> sources
> tell us the Bears feel the same way about Berrian and that they are
> preparing to primarily revolve their passing game around the very
> promising talents of University of Miami (Fla.) products *Devin Hester*
> and *Greg Olsen*, with veteran *Muhsin Muhammad* looking like a keeper
> at the "Z" spot for at least another season. Word is the Bears are
> increasingly intrigued by the pass-catching potential of Hester, who
> showed impressive glimpses late in the team's Week 14 loss to the
> Redskins.
>
>
>
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