04-30-2023, 04:34 PM
(04-30-2023, 04:28 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: He also would probably have signed a deal 2 years ago. Despite not winning an MVP, Josh Allen has made $52m more so far in the same amount of time as Lamar because he got his deal after his 3rd season instead of after his 5th. It's going to be hard to make up that difference despite making more money per year. The NFL caps agent fees at 3%, so assuming Lamar sees the entirety of his $260m deal that "only" saves him $7.8m, which obviously isn't enough to make up for the $52m even before you start touching endorsements.
A bad agent obviously can be a disaster, but if you have a good agent they are worth waaay more to a player than the 3% they get.
Agreed. I think the agent talk is just ignorance of people not actually understanding how they work in the modern NFL.
