Thread: Marcus McNeil, anyone?

Neck and back injuries lately. IF healthy is obviously an upgrade over Webb. But that's a big if. Risky - pass . If a very strange set of circumstances occurs, could be signed as a last resort.

Home grown boy but had an injury end his season last year and contract issues in 2010 caused him to lose 4 or 5 games on a holdout. Still made it as a Pro-Bowl alternate though and has every year from 2006 through 2010. Don't know what his injury situation is now but SD would need to release him since he's not a FA until 2016. That's not all that unlikely since he has a huge cap number this year and if he's still injured or won't renegotiate his deal could be a cap casualty. Has he been released Henry?

Bottom line is if he's not injured and available we should be nosing around him. Emery would be fairly familiar with him since KC played against him twice a year. Based on his last deal though $$$ could be an issue. He's an $8 mil per year guy. That $24.5 guarantee tells me they won't let him go if they have to pay him.



San Diego Chargers Marcus McNeill

Tackle
Players: Drafted:Round 2 (#50 overall), 2006
College: Auburn

Current Salary Information

Contract: 6 yr(s) / $48,980,000 Signing Bonus $1,791,000 Average Salary $8,163,333 End Year: 2015 Free Agent: 2016 / Unrestricted

Base Salary S. Bonus Misc. Bonus Cap Hit 2010 583,000 298,500 - 881,500 2011 10,000,000 298,500 - 10,298,500 2012 10,500,000 298,500 - 10,798,500 2013 7,750,000 298,500 - 8,048,500 2014 8,750,000 298,500 - 9,048,500 2015 9,750,000 298,500 - 10,048,500 2016 UFA Signing Bonus: $1.791 million $24.5 million guaranteed

Yes, please.


AU boy, so I would love to have him on my favorite team.

Everything i've read indicates he's going to be released before due whatever bonus

Originally Posted by Henry Burris

Everything i've read indicates he's going to be released before due whatever bonus

That's always possible but unless Spotrac is wrong, and they seldom are, the contract he signed guaranteed him $24.5 mil. If that's the case I don't know how they can release him and get around paying him unless what they characterize is salary is some sort of roster bonus instead. If that guarantee is inaccurate they still show his 2012 compensation as 100% salary. There's no other cash bonus listed and he's already been paid his SB so that $298.5k is just the amortization of the SB for cap purposes.

But if he is somehow released, and he's healthy then hell yes we should be interested. He'd be a huge upgrade over Webb right now. I just haven't seen or read anything that says they're releasing him yet.

Chargers expected to waive Marcus McNeill | ProFootballTalk

I read also on the San Diego Tribune that he's gonna get cut if he can't pass a physical 3 days after the FA period starts. Sounds like he signed a crappy contract. I think he's worth signing, if not for this year, for at least a few years to come.

Originally Posted by Henry Burris

I read also on the San Diego Tribune that he's gonna get cut if he can't pass a physical 3 days after the FA period starts. Sounds like he signed a crappy contract. I think he's worth signing, if not for this year, for at least a few years to come.

How much would he cost us cap-wise?

Given that he's coming off a bad injury, unless there's an idiotic race for his services, he should come with a very manageable price tag. Doubt it's too cheap, which is why is why they've called him a gamble