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Calvin Has Officially Retired

http://nflspinzone.com/2017/07/19/oakland-raiders-calvin-johnson-wants-could-make-happen/
Oakland Raiders: If Calvin Johnson wants it, he could make it happen.
NFLSpinZone

Johnson would simply need to be reinstated by the NFL. His contract would then become valid again and count against the Detroit Lions salary cap. According to Over the Cap, the Lions have a mere $5,754,102 of available cap space. A lesser known fact is the Lions don?t have cuttable players to make room for Johnson?s massive contract to suddenly reappear on the books.

As reported by CBS local-Detroit, A look at Calvin Johnson?s current contract future cap hits.

Johnson?s remaining cap hits would count for a staggering $21.35M in 2017, $17M in 2018, and $18.25M in 2019.
 
http://nflspinzone.com/2017/07/19/oakland-raiders-calvin-johnson-wants-could-make-happen/
Oakland Raiders: If Calvin Johnson wants it, he could make it happen.
NFLSpinZone

Johnson would simply need to be reinstated by the NFL. His contract would then become valid again and count against the Detroit Lions salary cap. According to Over the Cap, the Lions have a mere $5,754,102 of available cap space. A lesser known fact is the Lions don?t have cuttable players to make room for Johnson?s massive contract to suddenly reappear on the books.

As reported by CBS local-Detroit, A look at Calvin Johnson?s current contract future cap hits.

Johnson?s remaining cap hits would count for a staggering $21.35M in 2017, $17M in 2018, and $18.25M in 2019.

It would be incredibly easy to work an extension with Stafford that reduces this year to almost nothing to fit Calvin in.
 
It would be incredibly easy to work an extension with Stafford that reduces this year to almost nothing to fit Calvin in.

Still signing bonus allocation. Could make base salary min but then you need to make up salary in other years then big time if it's 26 per

Calvin is 21 million. Which is dumb. He reneged on the deal. Lions should have his rights to negotiate new deal not pay him old contract
 
Couldn't they trade him?

Yes. And a team that didn't want a bidding war would trade for him.

Lots of teams don't have 21.3 million in cap space just sitting around either.


10 teams only have more than 18 million in space


Could the Lions restructure Jones and Slay, cut Ngata and Whitehead and extend Stafford to lower his cap number to get the cap space. Yes they could


Lions have 5.7. Would need 15.6 for Calvin. Plus another 2 million buffer


4.5 cap room for Jones restructure (convert base to bonus), 2.4 for Slay (convert base to bonus), 5.7 for Ngata cut, 3.4 for Whitehead cut=16 million. It gets you under the cap


That gets you real close to the 17.6 you need. Then extend Stafford and give him a low base salary and his cap number falls from 22 million to like 16-17 million. Could add about 5-6 million in space for 2017.


Plenty of room for Calvin and really don't give up much in Ngata/Whitehead. Worrilow and Reeves-Mabin man the Will spot. Robinson, Spence, Hill and Ledbetter at DT.


And in 2018. Lions still have a ton of space. Even with Stafford extended and Ansah on a franchise tag if they want.
 
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96 rating without calvin. Cooter ball
85 rating with calvin
 
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