Carlson restructures

[dead_poet]

John Carlson will get a second chance with #Vikings. He signed a restructured contract today providing cap relief. Carlson had been due to count $4M against cap, including $1M in bonus proration.

Tom Pelissero on Twitter

[dead_poet]

Carlson had been set to count $4 million against the cap, including $1 million in bonus proration.

http://www.1500espn.com/sportswire/Sour ... lief031213

[smoothoperator]

so youd rather him not restructure and hit our cap for 4M?

[PurpleJarl]

All indications are that last year was an anomaly. I am glad he should that he is a team player and did restructure. I thought some of his run blocking was pretty clutch too which is what we need as well as catching.

[jeg067]

From what I understood, he was supposed to make 2.9 $M this year, 1.2 being guaranteed money.

Now, his base salary will be 1.3 $M, the rest being some incentives to get to 3 $M.
Either he'll earn that money or save us some cap space.

Of course, it depends of how high the incentives are in term of field-production.

[Delaqure]

This was a GREAT move! It really helps us a lot in terms money. As a player, he did not play up to his salary level. I really think this shows a real strength of character for Carlson. He could have told the vikings "no" I suppose, but he didn't. Hopefully this is a good sign that Carleson sees our teams needs and put them above his own. That kind of player is welcome on my team any day.

[S197]

This was a GREAT move! It really helps us a lot in terms money. As a player, he did not play up to his salary level. I really think this shows a real strength of character for Carlson. He could have told the vikings "no" I suppose, but he didn't. Hopefully this is a good sign that Carleson sees our teams needs and put them above his own. That kind of player is welcome on my team any day.

+1 This wasn't a move he had to do, the Vikings were on the hook to pay him but he manned up and took a cut because of his abysmal performance last year. I don't see how this can be perceived as anything but a positive for the team.

[Purple bruise]

I did not want to start yet another new thread (maybe a signings thread) so I will put it here (maybe already posted ) Simpson resigning: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100000 ... o-contract

[Mercy Percy]

Awesome now hes worth keeping a little more glad he put his team in front of himself.

[jackal]

got to give him credit for that ..

[dead_poet]

@TomPelissero: John Carlson's restructured deal includes $1.5M salary ($1.2M gtd), $50K workout bonus, $1.45M in incentives. Cap # drops from $4M to $2.55M

[CapDB7]

I think its a brilliant move to resign/restructure the pair of them.

Everyone knows that Simpson has had his moments and Carlson has been productive before. For him to restructure says a lot about the man and that's the type of guy I want in the team. Saying that, he needs a better year this time round and will be given more field time with rookie WRs. Rudolph is always going to be target #1 in the TEs though so Carlson ain't going to light up but can still earn his wage. Not much else available for that money and we aren't going to be picking a TE early in the draft.

Can Gerhart catch? I know he can fumble

[dead_poet]

Didn't want to start a new thread.

Charlie Johnson - G - Vikings
Vikings LG Charlie Johnson has agreed to restructure his contract.

The new deal lowers Johnson's base salary by $500,000 and reduces his 2013 cap number to $3.85 million. While it doesn't give the Vikings much financial relief, it's a necessary move after Johnson vastly underperformed last season. He could face competition for his starting job.
Source: 1500 ESPN Twin Cities Mar 16 - 8:58 PM

[PurpleMustReign]

Didn't want to start a new thread.

Charlie Johnson - G - Vikings
Vikings LG Charlie Johnson has agreed to restructure his contract.

The new deal lowers Johnson's base salary by $500,000 and reduces his 2013 cap number to $3.85 million. While it doesn't give the Vikings much financial relief, it's a necessary move after Johnson vastly underperformed last season. He could face competition for his starting job.
Source: 1500 ESPN Twin Cities Mar 16 - 8:58 PM

Wouldn't it make more sense to release him?

[marty264]

Would have made a lot of sense to release him if we could have got Vasquez for what the Broncos paid. At least the whole Dumervil thing makes me feel a little better about their offseason.