"The PED suspension voids the guarantee of Tate’s $7.9mm 2020
cosmicj : 10:46 pm : link : reply
Base salary. If the Giants release him, they will incur a $7.5mm dead cap hit regardless of that void. So the two options are:
1) cut him in 2020 and incur a dead cap hit of $7.5mm vs
2) retaining him which would result in a cap cost of $10.5mm and a further $5.0mm dead cap hit if he were released in 2021.
The way to look at is that Tate costs the team $8mm to be on the team in 2020, over the long term. I am skeptical he is worth it, given we are rebuilding.
This is yet another bad contract which Gettleman approved. Every time I start looking at the details of these vet contracts he has entered into, I am more and more convinced he can’t be allowed to run this upcoming free agency period."
Have to also have protection against a potential Sterling Shepherd retirement.
This isn't a deep pool of talent at this position, and if you make a splash in free agency on a guy then Tate still makes sense because he's a better #2 than he is leading man.
The money isn't terrible. Overall I'd look to develop a draft pick from the middle rounds.
his cap cost is not going to prevent the giants from signing who they want.
what this team needs to really do, is come up with a blueprint and positional value. i personally don't like spending premium $ at WR. i think it's a complimentary position. get a good OL, TE, QB and a running game and just keep replenishing the position with draft picks when contracts are about to run out.
so my preference is to keep tate one more year then replace him with a draft pick
With that said, Tate is a good player. I don't see a reason to cut him.
Long-term how does he help this team? He doesn't.
Money would've been wiser spent on getting a young OLineman.
Giants need a couple of big body receivers to pair with Slayton and Shepard.
He also returns punts and kickoffs.
Had you asked me after the 1st qtr I would have cut him. But he made the flip over catch and the TD on a contested ball.
Tough, hard nosed player, usually reliable. I keep him.
The guy id move on from is shepard. that was not a good signing. Tate is the better of the two and they are a bit redundant.
A solid receiver yes, but he gets literally ZERO separation, like to keep at lower cost.
this is a weird post. I know you like to be critical of other posters, but this one is strange because that isn't usually how cap casualties work. When a player costs more on the cap than they're worth, often times they are cut before a replacement is signed. So often you need to make that decision (cut or keep) before you can even sign a replacement.
and it's irrelevant to be honest. the Giants traded Beckham with no replacement (Tate was signed after Beckham was traded). traded Vernon with no replacement, traded JPP with no replacement,etc. not to mention cap cuts.
that's how the NFL works. You sometimes make personnel decisions before you find a replacement.