His cost this year is $9.5 mil I believe - not $12. I think there were some bonuses that he didn't get. Coming off the year he had, he's worth that I'd say.
He has a lot of mileage but he seems to take pretty good care of himself. He's 35 now, so they'll have to keep a close eye on him this year. Experience can make up for quite a bit but the Packers need him to keep making big plays like he did last year.
I could see his snap count going down a bit this year. I'm hoping Elliot makes a jump.
I think you are mixing two different figures. I mentioned his cap figure for 2015, which I believe still remains at $12 million. His "cost" this year is $9.5 million ($8.5 million salary and $500,000 each for a roster bonus and workout bonus) His cap figure includes $2.5 million of his signing bonus, for a total of $12 million against the 2015 cap.Originally Posted by vince
The cap figure is what some writers found unacceptable.
What he didn't earn in performance last year I believe were true performance bonuses, which would have been taken against the 2014 cap. To count against the 2015 cap they would have had to have been salary escalators. Maybe they were, but I never heard them described in that way.
Whatever the unearned money was, his cost against the 2015 cap is $12 million from everything I have seen.
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