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Wow $50M guaranteed...whatever they always find ways to maneuver the cap.
With Norman on board, hoping for one of the following in the 1st round (assuming Reed & Robinson are gone)
DT - Vernon Butler
DT - Andrew Billings
SS - Karl Joseph (might be able to trade down and still get him)
BOTTOM LINE Thumping inside linebacker with throwback size and tone*setting mentality. Ragland is a confident and capable early starter in league who has the temperament to become one of the premier run*-stopping inside linebackers in the pro game. Ragland has some coverage and speed limitations, but his instincts and overall awareness should be able to mask those issues.
With Norman on board, hoping for one of the following in the 1st round (assuming Reed & Robinson are gone)
DT - Vernon Butler
DT - Andrew Billings
SS - Karl Joseph (might be able to trade down and still get him)
Roberts is a clear cut candidate.
Lichty could be as well, but center is kind of a important position. It would need to be solidified before he is cut or soon after. O-line needs time to gel.
Cutting Garcon would be a huge mistake. He is arguably the best all around football player on the team.
If he underperforms, skins can opt out of deal after second year
Per a source with knowledge of the deal, Norman will receive a $15 million signing bonus along with $36.5 million fully guaranteed, earned over the first two years. While that’s not $50 million (duh), it’s a great payout for a deal signed on April 22.
The first three years are strong as well. Norman will make $20 million through the first year, $37 million (if he earns a $500,000 46-man roster bonus in 2017, as he likely will) through 2017, and $51 million through 2018.
That’s more than Norman would have gotten under two years of the franchise tag in Carolina, where his $13.95 million tender in 2016 would have become $16.74 million in 2017, for a total of $30.69 million over two seasons.
If Washington chooses not to keep Norman through three years at $51 million (an average of $17 million per year), he’ll exit with $18.5 million per year over two. (They’ll have to make a decision early in his third year; the balance of his injury-only guarantee becomes fully-guaranteed on the fifth day of the 2018 league year.)
With the deal paying out $51 million over the first three years, the likelihood of Washington keeping Norman over the full five years increases, since he makes $11.5 million in 2019 and $12.5 million in 2020, numbers that will be well below the market for high-end cornerbacks by the end of the decade.
Garçon frees up $8 mil. I prefer to keep him too but really I think Skins gotta draft a guy next week early since Garcon and Jackson are both free agents next year. I can't see the skins keeping them both
I think Mclou sees a DB leader in Norman that can take over after Dhall hangs em up, which might happen sooner rather than later. Hence the investment.
I think McClou also see swagger in Norman, attitude. A Richard Sherman type. John Keim, or another beat guy, brought that up. Culliver has it as well. McClou is trying to build a secondary like he built in SEA. Sounds good to me.