08-27-2023, 01:08 PM
(08-27-2023, 11:01 AM)Mer Wrote: I'm still trying to figure out why so many of you are so worried about Burrow getting signed this year. Playing out this year on his current contract is the best scenario for the team and cap. And there's no way they are going to let him hit the market. Personally, I feel signing him this year is a mistake. They need to sign Tee this year and Burrow next year while picking up Chase's 5th year option. Then sign chase 2 seasons from now to a large contract.
Now all of you that know better about this cap stuff than I do, please enlighten me to where I've gone off track with my thinking.
I don't have the best cap understanding myself. But from what I've heard if you sign him now and pickup his 5th year option first and say give him a 5 year contract extension. You are adding that 5 years onto his next 2 years and just give yourself more years to be creative how you spread that money out. Also as others have pointed out the money is just going to keep increasing so I think while we don't have to sign him this year it makes the most sense to. It would also give us clarity so we don't go into next off season with even more questions.
