Today, 09:41 AM
It appears I made two mistakes in what I said about trade matching above. 1. The $7.5mm trade band for players in the middle tier of salary ($7.5mm to $29mm) now rises as the cap rises. In other words, $7.5mm is now indexed for cap inflation and will be a larger number next summer. 2. Also, being under the tax doesn't matter. The first apron will be the limiting factor as Dallas would be hard capped for taking back more salary. Gemini and ChatGPT weren't in agreement on this, so I had to keep digging (as I was too lazy to look it up myself).
We focus on the TPE and the MLE, but if we are sending out salary, whether it be Gafford or PJ or whomever, there is actually more space to be used (whether for a free agent or not) under the trade matching rules. If we are really trying to team build and add talent around Flagg and our 2026 pick, a trade or S&T provides more room to work with than the TPE.
We focus on the TPE and the MLE, but if we are sending out salary, whether it be Gafford or PJ or whomever, there is actually more space to be used (whether for a free agent or not) under the trade matching rules. If we are really trying to team build and add talent around Flagg and our 2026 pick, a trade or S&T provides more room to work with than the TPE.