09-08-2023, 04:27 PM
(09-08-2023, 03:52 PM)Lucius Cincinnatus Wrote: If this is a team-friendly contract, then what QB contract signed recently hasn't been team-friendly? Homers are acting like this contract extension is some novel concept (the 5 years + 2 sentiment). Basically every deal that gets signed (except free agency or last year of deal) is an extension lol. Thats how all extensions work. And apparently the 5th year is void so it's a 6 year deal.
Folks are really trying to convince themselves this contract is a team-friendly deal after hoping all off-season it would be. It's a standard deal. It's not a team friendly deal nor is it a team crushing deal. The truth is, when you actually look into these contracts, it's never as bad as it's painted out to be from a salary cap impact. I guarantee when the details are released in the coming days, the salary cap hit will hover between ~8-18% of the total cap and many here will act like it's a total anomaly and lose their minds about our Tobin being a genius without looking at other contracts. For reference, here are other QBs that have signed recently and the % of the cap they are taking up over the next 4 seasons:
Lamar: 9%, 12.6%, 15%, 24%
Hurts: 2.7%, 5.2%, 7.7%, 10%
Allen: 8%, 18%, 20%, 17%
Herbert: 3.7%, 7.5%, 13%, 15%
I'm also willing to bet Lamar is extended before he ends up anywhere close to a 24% cap hit
Thanks for the numbers Lucius. Don't get me wrong, this is the making Burrow the highest paid player in NFL history and this
was all anticipated. I said 55 million per year before and some were saying it would be more than that. You know the cap and
the percentages obviously more than me, but to get this done before Burrow has his best season is why this is team friendly.
If we hadn't of gotten a deal done we would be in way worse shape. I was saying 55 mil per year including the option would
be about what I expected. This is less than that as when it includes the option it is give or take 10 mil less per year than 55.
