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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sschind" data-source="post: 756643" data-attributes="member: 10247">Restructuring doesn't have to mean a pay cut but like you said I think that is what people are looking for.  Again, as you said, actual pay cuts are pretty rare.  We don't need Clay to take a pay cut, we need him to restructure his deal to give us some cap relief.  Of course restructuring assumes that the Packers want to keep him around for another 3 or 4 years which I am sure they would want at the right price.   A lot depends on how much Clay thinks he can get in FA after the 2018 season.  He will be 32 and who knows what he plans on doing.  Could a 3 year extension with part of the 11 million cap hit being converted to a bonus be something he would go for?  It all depends on how much he thinks he can make as a FA in 2019.  I think if our new GM comes from inside the system he stays around for the final year of his deal and if we hire outside odds go up that he will be released.  While he may not be worth the 11 million dollar hit it is clear we have no one to replace him.  Its easy to say cut him but with that 11 million dollar savings how much would you have to spend to get a replacement of equal ability?  When you factor that in I don't think you will end up saving more than 4 maybe 5 million if you cut him because an equal replacement will cost you at least 6 million.</blockquote>

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