Andrew Luck contract

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(07-02-2016, 11:42 AM)Nately120 Wrote: I'm not sure what you mean.  Are the Colts stupid for paying him so much?  Is Luck stupid for wanting so much money in a salary-cap sport and reducing the chance the rest of his team will be adequate to help him win?  Is this country stupid for making QBs so popular that they get paid absurd amounts?  Is the NFL stupid for making the passing game so protected that QBs are gods among men?

Again, it's "stupid" to give a QB a giant contract and yet every time a QB gets paid we hear people act like they are shocked.  At any rate, Luck is going to be the highest paid player until the next big contract, I assume.  I will say that it looks like Dalton's per-year salary is the lowest for actual starting QBs at $16 million, though in all fairness we did get that done after his not so pretty 2014 season, but maybe the Colts should have attempted to use 2015 as leverage against Luck.


http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/contracts/quarterback/

Andy's contract is cap friendly even if he wins the Super Bowl. It maxes out at 18 million per and Luck is 18 million this year with no performance requirements, and it just zooms up after that. It is the kind of contract that cap cripples a team which is where the Joe Flacco comparison comes from.