EternalShinyAndChrome 4,260 Posted Saturday at 10:26 PM 1 minute ago, Mike Honcho said: The accounting isn't that bad. Cap hits…on paper As far as the cap hits go, they’re well below his average salary for the first three seasons. In 2025, he’ll count about $10 million against the cap. Then it’ll be $19.24 million in 2026 and $26.85 million in 2027. In total, the Packers will have paid him $124 million over those three seasons and will have only accounted for $56.09 million of that (45 percent) on their salary cap for those seasons. An interesting part of his contract is that there are two void years added to the end of the five years, which will help the team spread the option bonuses of 2026 ($38 million) and 2027 ($34.44 million) over five seasons of cap accounting. So from 2026 to 2030, the Packers will be paying $7.6 million on the cap each season for Parsons’ $38 million 2026 option bonus. From 2027 to 2031, the Packers will be paying $6.89 million on the cap each season for Parsons’ $34.44 million 2027 option bonus. The dead cap, the option bonuses and void years Because of the unique structure of this deal, there are really two outs for the Packers if stuff starts to turn south. The first opportunity they have to get out of the deal is actually the 2026 offseason, before his $38 million option bonus is paid. Because the only dead money on the deal, in a trade, would be the prorated $44 million signing bonus, the Packers can basically get out after paying him $45 million for the 2025 season and would only have to eat $35.2 million. Of course, it would also take a trade suitor to be willing to take him on. If Green Bay is willing to go down the path of Parsons making the 2026 roster — which is a near lock to happen — then he’s basically going to be locked down by the Packers through at least the 2027 season. Because of the roster bonuses (which will allow the cap accounting to be spread over five years) and the void years tagged at the end of the deal (ensuring that there will be five years to spread those 2026 and 2027 roster bonuses over), this sort of functions as a three-year contract that will pay Parsons around $124 million cash ($41.33 million per year). Why a three-year deal? Because in 2028 Parsons’ cap hit balloons to $64.29 million, more than his 2025-2027 cap hits combined ($56.02). At that point, the Packers will probably renegotiate his deal. In the 2028 season, he’ll have a dead cap of $67.95 million if the team wants to move on from him, so it’ll be unlikely that the team will trade him until at least 2029, as long as they choose to keep him through his 2026 roster bonus. The amount of cap space they will have pushed forward by that point will simply be too much to warrant any movement. Even if the Packers have the stomach to have Parsons to play out his $63.84 million and $66.84 million cap hits in 2028 and 2029 (the highest non-quarterback cap hit in the league right now is $38.15 million this year), then they’re still on the hook for $21.37 million in cash accounting on the Parsons contract in 2030, a year in which he’ll no longer be under contract with the team. In truth, the Packers will probably have to convert at least some of that 2028 salary ($40.55 million) into a signing bonus to lower his cap hit down from $63.84 million. So you can go ahead and assume that the credit card debt in 2030 will be much higher than the $21.37 million that will be on the books if he plays out his full deal as is. Maybe now I don't feel so bad! I'm all in now! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
listen2me 23 1,906 Posted 10 hours ago On 8/29/2025 at 4:09 PM, TBayXXXVII said: LOL, Parsons missed 5 games in his career. Now that's a sample size!! Do you think he plays 100% of snaps when he suits up? Lol. Thatd be impressive. Its like 80% which is impressive, but no, not 100%. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
listen2me 23 1,906 Posted 9 hours ago Philly left tackle Jordan Mailata was asked Sunday about facing the Cowboys without Parsons. "Sigh of relief," he said, chuckling, via Tim McManus of ESPN. "I say that as a joke, but at the same time, it's just kind of crazy. The last four or five years that we've played the Dallas Cowboys, we've come up with a game plan because Micah's a gamer. It is a sigh of relief that you don't have to plan like that anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
listen2me 23 1,906 Posted 9 hours ago On 8/29/2025 at 4:09 PM, TBayXXXVII said: LOL, Parsons missed 5 games in his career. Now that's a sample size!! How many plays do you think teams run a game? Missed 5 games and you think that is over 1000 plays which is right in the quote? Lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TBayXXXVII 2,593 Posted 9 hours ago 24 minutes ago, listen2me 23 said: Do you think he plays 100% of snaps when he suits up? Lol. Thatd be impressive. Its like 80% which is impressive, but no, not 100%. Oh, I have no doubt he's not playing every snap, but I'm willing to bet the vast majority of those plays that he's not on the field are expected run plays and/or plays in game situations where his presence on the field isn't all that important... be that they're up or down, really big late in games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
listen2me 23 1,906 Posted 9 hours ago 7 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said: Oh, I have no doubt he's not playing every snap, but I'm willing to bet the vast majority of those plays that he's not on the field are expected run plays and/or plays in game situations where his presence on the field isn't all that important... be that they're up or down, really big late in games. So the plays he is out, he wouldnt matter much yet their EPA goes from tops to bottom. Hmmm. Interesting way to look at it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TBayXXXVII 2,593 Posted 9 hours ago 2 minutes ago, listen2me 23 said: So the plays he is out, he wouldnt matter much yet their EPA goes from tops to bottom. Hmmm. Interesting way to look at it. You're take on this reminds me of my cousin, when we had an NBA discussion. He said that LeBron was the best of all-time. I said, "I don't know about that, I'd put Jordan, Wilt, and Russell ahead of him" (implying that I think he's the 4th best of all-time). His response? "Oh yeah, so LeBron sucks?" I'm not saying the guy isn't great. I'm just saying that people are a bit over the top on their narrative. I think him being in Dallas is a big reason for that. I think him beating up on 2 really bad teams for 4 years helps. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
listen2me 23 1,906 Posted 9 hours ago 1 minute ago, TBayXXXVII said: You're take on this reminds me of my cousin, when we had an NBA discussion. He said that LeBron was the best of all-time. I said, "I don't know about that, I'd put Jordan, Wilt, and Russell ahead of him" (implying that I think he's the 4th best of all-time). His response? "Oh yeah, so LeBron sucks?" I'm not saying the guy isn't great. I'm just saying that people are a bit over the top on their narrative. I think him being in Dallas is a big reason for that. I think him beating up on 2 really bad teams for 4 years helps. Interesting since I didnt insinuate that at all let alone say it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
listen2me 23 1,906 Posted 9 hours ago "Not a big enough sample to gather any info from" "just a coincidence"....as im watching Parsons putting perhaps the 2nd best RT in a blender. Penei Sewell has allowed a pressure rate of 7.3% since 2022, 8th-lowest among 58 tackles with at least 1000 pass blocks in that span. In that same timeframe, new Packer Micah Parsons has generated a pressure rate of 20.0%, leading the NFL (min. 500 pass rushes). Parsons lined up on the left edge on 59.0% of plays last season, which would project a matchup with right tackle Sewell. In two career games against each other, Sewell and Parsons have lined up opposite each other on 30 pass plays. Parsons has generated 6 pressures (20.0%), tied for the highest pressure rate Sewell has allowed to any single pass rusher in his career (min. 25 matchups). So Sewell’s pressure rate nearly triples against Parsons versus the average pass-rusher. Meanwhile, Parsons’ pressure rate remains consistent with his average. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TBayXXXVII 2,593 Posted 8 hours ago 8 minutes ago, listen2me 23 said: Interesting since I didnt insinuate that at all let alone say it. You're going all out to point out things that say he's the best in the game. The point is that I don't really refute the numbers, so I can't argue against it, I just think people are going overboard with what those numbers mean. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites