Comments on: Bon Voyage, Tony Gonzalez

By: Clelia Kevan

Clelia Kevan — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:51:05 +0000

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By: hmills110

hmills110 — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:57:06 +0000

Sarge: “fancy pants glitter picks will get you an 0-16 record”

That’s priceless!

Last-minute speculation on the O-Line front is “Is Andre Smith undervalued?”

Can’t wait!

By: hmills110

hmills110 — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:52:19 +0000

But I have to give Peterson credit for putting Pioli in this position. Bonus is that Peterson won’t be the one deciding how to translate that into a contender.

By: hmills110

hmills110 — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:50:10 +0000

6.5 – 4 = 2.5 – 2009
7 – 4.5 = 2.5 – 2010
8.25 – 5.75 = 2.5 – 2011

It may be better news than that, Redneck90. The way I’m reading this now is that KC is actually off the hook for an additional 2.5 million for 2009. If Atlanta takes over his contract, that should mean they continue the commitment to Tony for guaranteed money, which is the $2.5 million a year for each of 09-11.

With regard to my “…if Tony never plays a down…” comment, above, I think Atlanta has to come up with the $2.5 million a year for 3 years if Tony now decides to retire a Falcon!

So, until an expert explains it to this dummy (meaning me), I’m thinking it’s $6.5 million for 2009. By 2010, we won’t even be talking about it. It’ll just be a bit of trivia buried in the cap number (oh yeah – no cap in 2010).

I think the upshot is that the Chiefs can be as aggressive as they want to be, later on. I hated all the reaching and poor man’s choices the Chiefs made, because of penny-wise pound-foolishness of Peterson.

By: Redneck90

Redneck90 — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:36:33 +0000

Thanks hmills110! I didnt think we were liable for his contract this year, but with $4 mil off the cap….wow, opens the door there a bit!

By: hmills110

hmills110 — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:37:19 +0000

Taken from that article is the following:

Gonzalez just completed the second year of a five-year, $35 million contract extension he signed with the Chiefs in January 2007.

He received $17.5 million in guaranteed money in the deal. He has base salaries – which are not guaranteed — of $4 million in 2009, $4.5 million in 2010 and $5.75 million in 2011.

His salary cap numbers are $6.5 million in 2009, $7 million in 2010 and $8.25 million in 2011.

Gonzalez, the all-time NFL leader in receptions, yardage and touchdowns for a tight end, will be at a Arthur Blank Foundation event this evening.

My 2nd reading has me thinking that Atlanta’s liable for the entire $6.5 million, and if Tony never plays a down, they’d still owe him the amount above the $14.25 million in base salary.

Any salary experts, here?

By: hmills110

hmills110 — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:28:48 +0000

redneck90: Try this on for size:

http://www.ajc.com/services/content/sports/falcons/stories/2009/04/24/gonzalez_falcons_contract.html

Seems that Chiefs will save $4 million in base salary for ‘09.

By: hmills110

hmills110 — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:52:11 +0000

If it’s a dumb question, then I’m in the dumb club, right with you, redbeard. Been years since I organized my sources for that stuff. Certainly he’s not under contract, any more. The issue would be any signing bonuses that were spread out over the life of the previous contract.

But his regular salary for 2009 should, it seems to me, be freed up. Seems like KC will be in a good position to go after the people they really want in FA. Who here understands this stuff? 102win? Adam? Merlin?

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By: Redneck90

Redneck90 — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:35:58 +0000

Possibly a dumb question here:

Does this move affect our salary cap for this year in any way?

Just curious, I know Tony was one of our highest paid guys…..