The cap hits I previously posted would apply if Goff was cut, not traded. If Goff is traded then his new team would be responsibl for his guaranteed salary, but the Rams would still have to account for the signing bonuses they already paid him ($33.5M at the time of signing plus another $9M from converting some of his 2020 salary to a bonus).
What my post should have said:
CUTTING Goff during this season would result in a $79.5M cap hit against this year's cap hit because all the accounting for his bonus money
in addition to his guaranteed salary would accelerate to this season. [overthecap.com]
Even
CUTTING him after this season is over generates a $49.7M cap hit in 2021. (It would actually cost the Rams $15M more to trade him that it would to simply make him inactive every game.)
Now, as far as trading Goff:
If they trade him this season that would accelerate all of his signing bonus to this year's cap. That would ad an additionalan additional $22.2M to this year's cap, and I have no idea how the Rams could clear up that much cap space.
Trading him after the season would apply that $22.2M cap hit to the 2021 cap. Can the Rams do that? I doubt it.
In 2022 the number is $15.4M
And in 2023 the number is $8.6M
(Data from overthe cap: [
overthecap.com] )
AlbaNY_Ram
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/03/2020 04:40AM by AlbaNY_Ram.