09-02-2023, 10:16 AM
(09-01-2023, 08:38 PM)Brownshoe Wrote: You are not factoring the next wave of QB contracts and cap raises. If everything stayed the same, then I would agree.
I'm not forgetting anything. We're not in the next wave yet. That's why it's the next wave. If every player due a big payday decided to play out their current deal with the overall growth of the market in mind, nobody would ever sign an extension pre-expiration.
A bird in the hand and so forth. An agreed upon contract at the current rate is still more valuable than a potential deal in a year that carries the risk of decline or injury over the course of the season. There's just not that much strategic benefit. After all, if the rate is going to be higher in 24 than 23, then just imagine what it will be in 25. Meanwhile, if he doesn't sign an extension, Burrow plays out 2023 at a rate that is a fraction of what guys far inferior to him are making.
Waiting and betting on yourself is for unproven commodities and uncertain front offices. It's not for players waiting to set the market at the position.
