JasonKGME
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joeshmo said:A couple of things that will spoil your idea. It wont happen during this season, maybe in the offseason but not during the season.
1. SD doesnt have the cap space right now to absorb the rest of Rivers signing bonus. They will in the offseason though.
2. What happens if Brees goes down. They are stuck in the mud without a backup. They are not trading Rivers right now.
3. Brees is a FA after this season. They trade Rivers now they may end up without Brees or Rivers next year. They can tag Brees again to make sure but I doubt they want to tie up 10 mill of their cap space in doing so.
1. SD has more then enough cap space to trade Rivers, 1st the signing bonus remaining can be spread over this and next years, plus his salary would reduce the amount of hit this year to under around $3 million and the Chargers are something like $6 million still under the cap I believe
2. They might trade Rivers if the trade included a halfway decent QB for backup purposes (McCown??)
3. If the choose to trade Rivers I can gaurentee you it will be because they have discussed it with Brees and are looking at a long term contract with him that will make sure he doesnt walk.