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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 870015">Ervin and Funchess might have been offered two year deals, but if the offer was without a meaningful guarantee that results in 2021 dead cap or a meaningful bump in salary in year two, they may have prefered a one year deal.If you look at from their side, if they ball out they'd be stuck with that cheap second year.  If the don't they'd be cut with no dead cap, strictly a team option with no team downside."Prove it" can cut both ways.Conversely, if you look at Begelton's contract, it's for 3 years with salaries at the minimums and miniscule dead cap in years 2 and 3.  The Packers may have demanded that 3 year deal, with years 2 and 3 purely a team option at a tiny cost.  Again, if he balls out he loses, if he doesn't he loses.  We normally don't talk about "team friendly" deals at the bottom end of the pay scale, but this happens to be one.  It's Begelton's cost for a shot at the show at age 27.</blockquote>

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