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I wouldn't mind seeing him alongside the Blessed Demon in Atlanta, though I'm sure they would prefer to resign Ellis, due to his pass rush skills.
How does the $7.5M, from your example, impact either team's caps? In baseball, I know that money paid on a contract by a trading team does go into the receiving team's luxury tax. At least I think it does. Going by that example, the Bears would still have a $10M cap hit and the receiving team would only take a $7.5M cap hit.
Otherwise, it just seems like paying down a contract for trade purposes would just be a cap-dodging payment. You're paying a player money that doesn't go toward your cap.
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At least a Doctor of NILology, right?
CLASS WAR VETERAN
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# | UVa QB Chandler Morris Files Lawsuit, Seeking 7th Year of Eligbility Having already planned for his departure, if Morris wins his case and I'm Tony Elliot, I would tell him "congratulations and good luck on your next team, our QB room is full"
This thread is making me kind of happy that I have been with the same company 31 years come September. Still way to young to retire (only 51). They treat me right, have flexible hours, pay well enough, give performance bonuses, ESOP, and match my 401k (badly but on top of performance bonuses and ESOP, meh). I thought about going public sector but recognize it is probably A) too late for any decent pension. B) the public sector pay scale is about 70% of what I make a year.
I GOTTA BE ME!
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# | UVa QB Chandler Morris Files Lawsuit, Seeking 7th Year of Eligbility At age 61(a week from Sunday), I have had a total of 5 jobs in my life(not including 6 months of temp stuff /unemployment in my mid 20s). Been at my current company(or predecessors that merged into it) for 33 years as of next month. Can't imagine 'looking for work' in today's environment. My value is definitely highest in my current company due to a wealth of 'tribal knowledge' of the industry and corporate history. Plus having done almost everything involved with mortgages form Origination, processing, underwriting, closing, post-closing, and all of the servicing activities outside of loss mitigation. (also never done accounting/finance capital markets stuff).
I love being the person EVERYONE comes to when they have questions about the data and my fave part is root-cause analysis for errors(great at pattern and anomaly recognition). And with the latest merger we actually have pensions again(based on service with the new merged company but hey something's better than nothing)! Plan is to work at least another 7 years (health permitting) to get to 40 year mark and even then I might stay on if they'll have me. I was offered early retirement 6 years ago but too young to retire and too old to want to be job-hunting.
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# | UVa QB Chandler Morris Files Lawsuit, Seeking 7th Year of Eligbility 7th year, on the grounds? He must be a doctor by now!
Also, I have not had a large number of jobs in that time. I was with one company for 17 years. I recognize others may have more use for it than me.
But I have personally never found a lot of value in LinkedIn. It's social aspects take all the worst parts of company get togethers and annual reviews and combine them with all the worst parts of social media. It is somehow more fake than standard social media, but in a business-y veneer.
I have never come across information on there that was actually helpful to me aside from tracking where some of my former coworkers have ended up as a matter of curiosity. I text or use other social media for those that I'm really interested in keeping up with. Maybe checking out an applicant's expanded resume before an interview? I'm not sure if that is to their benefit or detriment or if that information was actually helpful to me in any way though.
That said, I still have a presence on there in the event that one day it might prove useful.
Haven't we pretty much beaten the hell out of them already?
In '77, I applied for a state job in Va. I had to travel, buy a suit, and take time off from the shitty job I had to go for the interview. I then waited afterward for a couple of months, figured I was not getting the job, then was called in again for another interview. I was given the job, finally, and went through the hiring and moving stuff. Subsequently, I found out that the whole process was a sham to avoid the mandatory "list" of applicants for qualification while trying to get their already selected candidate to come up on said list so they could hire her. Eventually, they gave up and I got the job, but I never got over that whole process, and when I left 5 years later, I made sure to vent about it before I left. Even then, the safeguards for preferential hiring were subverted by those with a different agenda. It isn't a new problem.
Counterpoint is that i have had two jobs since finishing my degree at tech and both effectively came via linkedin, although the second one was not directly.
Best I can tell, I have been a member of linkedin since 2007. In that time i have applied for a number of jobs and had maybe 4 phone interviews, none of which led to jobs. Every job I have had since 2000 except for 2 has been because I knew someone at the company (or a friend of a friend situation) in some form or another with the exception of two I got through temp agencies.
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A trade allows the Bears to pay another team for more cap space, Edmunds retains his contractual salary of $15M in 2026, and the receiving team can get Edmunds for well below his $15M salary if they have the cap space. In the NFL, teams cannot trade cap space for money directly. But, they can trade a player with a high-cap hit for draft picks or a player with a low-cap hit. Furthermore, a team that trades away a player can partially pay for a player's salary but the salary cap hit goes to the receiving team.
Edmunds's salary info is here: Sportstrac Edmunds.
Edmunds is in his final contract year and has a salary cap hit of $17.5M but is only to be paid $15M. The remaining $2.5 of the salary cap hit is related to signing bonuses already paid. The Bears can gain $15M in salary cap space by trading or cutting him.
A team that has the cap space can get Edmunds on the cheap payment wise. Hypothetically, for example, the Bears can trade Edmunds to a team that has $15M in cap space to take on Edmunds's contract. In the trade agreement, the Bears can agree to pay $7.5M of that $15M salary. The receiving team would get Edmunds and only have to pay him $7.5M, but would take on the full $15M cap hit.
Edmunds would want to do this if he believes his $15M salary in 2026 is better than what he can get as free agent.
This works when (1) the player wants to keep his current contract, (2) the receiving team has the cap space, and (3) the trading team is so cap-strapped that they are willing to pay a team for cap space and trade away a talented player for draft picks or players with low cap hits.
This would have been a lock in the Snyder era. Overpay for a veteran at a position you have already overpaid a veteran.
Unfortunately Jags ain't in the market. Need more Hokies that are roster locks.
A couple benefits to being traded. Locked in early rather than at the whim of when the Bears release him. It keeps him on his existing contract or a renegotiated contract, including any remaining guaranteed money and benefits, when he transfers to the new team, ensuring financial stability and continued work in the NFL. The release dates can drag on when teams are playing with what's best for salary cap which can cause guys missing opportunities with teams with needs. Similar to why we see some star NCAA guys go in the portal as early as possible to lock in their new spot with the best deal available.
Another thing, since he is seeking the trade, his agent can approach the teams he wants to be on to try to work out the basics of a deal and bring that to the Bears.
Means Georgia and VT will both drop 5 spots as now the Georgia games are not high-quality wins, but the losses to VT are quality losses.
Clemson just took down those highly rated Georgia Bulldogs 10-1 in 5,
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I could see him land in Carolina. Dan Morgan said in a presser yesterday that the franchise has absolutely lost their way in recent years on what their defensive identity has always been, and that's strong LB play that completely takes away the middle of the field.
Edmunds would be a good first step for them, and they have cap space to do it.
appears to be a salary cap casualty so is looking for a trade prior to a potential release from the Bears
Can you explain to someone who doesn't watch/follow nfl why it matters if he's traded vs released?
Washington....
I really just want washington to be a team of hokies in the NFL.
Thinking the same thing. I'm 55, have been with my govt org for almost 25 years now, and am looking to retire in around 10 years. I think I'm going to be able to retire from this job, but I'd be really apprehensive if I have to go back out in the job market. I want no part of this current-day market.