Thread: Clady.

Is his career over? Does he come back next year? Paycut?

I don't think he'll be back but this is in the wrong forum.

Not with Denver.

He could be serviceable but he likely won't be the dominanat player he once was.

I think he comes back, but he won't take a paycut, why should he? If we cut him, then he might have to renegotiate his contract with another team. HOWEVER, have you noticed just how many BAD offensive lines there are in the NFL?? A ton. Everyone is looking for good, if not very good, offensive lineman. Even coming off an injury, Clady helps this team when in the lineup. Right now, OL are at a premium.

Originally Posted by Ravage!!!

I think he comes back, but he won't take a paycut, why should he? If we cut him, then he might have to renegotiate his contract with another team. HOWEVER, have you noticed just how many BAD offensive lines there are in the NFL?? A ton. Everyone is looking for good, if not very good, offensive lineman. Even coming off an injury, Clady helps this team when in the lineup. Right now, OL are at a premium.

I agree, I don't think the team can simply dismiss him considering the current state of the line.

The only way I could see him being cut is if we get good value in the first round at OT.

Von Millers future ginormigantic contract says hello. Clady won't be a Bronco next season.

Originally Posted by Timmy!

Von Millers future ginormigantic contract says hello. Clady won't be a Bronco next season.

If Manning retires or Ware is released (Ray to take that spot), there is a good chance Clady is back.

Originally Posted by elsid13

If Manning retires or Ware is released (Ray to take that spot), there is a good chance Clady is back.

I'd rather keep Ware. Mannings $$$ will go to Von, but Oz is going to take another 6-8 mil too. Unless he has a major restructure, Clady is gone. Nostratimmy has spoken.

Originally Posted by Timmy!

I'd rather keep Ware. Mannings $$$ will go to Von, but Oz is going to take another 6-8 mil too. Unless he has a major restructure, Clady is gone. Nostratimmy has spoken.

We already have about $8 million going to Miller in cap space. It won't take all of Manning's cap hit.

Originally Posted by Al Wilson 4 Mayor

We already have about $8 million going to Miller in cap space. It won't take all of Manning's cap hit.

I expect Miller to make a little more than Justin Houston so you are looking at about $15M a year

Originally Posted by elsid13

I expect Miller to make a little more than Justin Houston so you are looking at about $15M a year

Right, and Clady will only get 10-10.5 his last two years. The last two years of his deal are team friendly, so unless they think he's so far gone he's not good enough to start he will be back.

Originally Posted by Al Wilson 4 Mayor

Right, and Clady will only get 10-10.5 his last two years. The last two years of his deal are team friendly, so unless they think he's so far gone he's not good enough to start he will be back.

10-10.5 per year that is....so even if he's average he'll be worth it. As Rav pointed out OT's don't grow on trees.

I'd be okay with trading Clady, but cutting him would be a terrible roster decision. $10.5 million is fair market value for a starting LT. Unless a team has one on a rookie deal, $8-$12 million is what a LT is going to cost.

He's currently the only LT Denver has, and a damn good one.

Btw, apparently the salary cap goes boom again next year so let's not pretend it's a matter of money.

Originally Posted by Timmy!

I'd rather keep Ware. Mannings $$$ will go to Von, but Oz is going to take another 6-8 mil too. Unless he has a major restructure, Clady is gone. Nostratimmy has spoken.

All the prognostication I've seen from people with a record good enough to make a living off it say pretty much the same: Huge cap hit, odometer nears 30 and THREE major injuries to the SAME leg in six years. After the first, Clady started every game but visibly underperformed his previous seasons' All Pro level; he was an All Pro again the NEXT season, but then missed most of 2013 and was again substandard in 2014. With an extra offseason to rest and recuperate, I expected a 2015 like 2011-2012s resurgence: He tore the same legs ACL instead.

Clady plays a premium position and has had as many All Pro years as leg injuries, so probably needn't take a paycut if unwilling: As Rav says, there are enough teams (and QBs) desperate for even mediocre blindside protection that he can find a buyer. Hell, Beadles is making $5 million/yr to play INSIDE, and he's not half the blocker Clady is (especially not as a mauling run blocker.) Yet it's also hard to see us paying $10 million/yr for a 29-year-old whose leg is hamburger at a position where mobility and agility are prerequisites. Especially since he needed TWO full years to return to form after the other leg injuries.

Unless Sambrailo's awful (and it's worth noting his own injury's keeping him out of tomorrows game) Kubiak and Dennison will likely rely on their experience and record coaching up many mediocre talents until they were reliable if unspectacular blockers. That might prove a bit hubristic, but they HAVE repeatedly shown they don't need an elite versatile player with pre-injury Cladys strength AND agility to succeed.

Perhaps this storys real moral is that highly-paid 300+ lb. All Pros shouldn't risk it all on offseason game of pickup basketball. If his four injuries were in unrelated places, I'd feel differently, but only the pec tear was. Paying $10 mil/yr for an OT to pivot and push on a shredded leg when he's nearing the age injuries become common and careers abruptly end just seems a bad investment.