12-03-2015, 12:43 PM
(12-02-2015, 07:48 PM)Joelist Wrote: It's interesting to compare Andy's deal to, say, that of Joe Flacco. Unlike Flacco Andy's deal was light on signing bonus and guaranteed money and the result is very little "dead money". And the incentives are structured so that a "maxxed out" contract has a 20.7 million annual hit. Plus the structure gives both Andy and the team a LOT of flexibility to restructure if the need somehow arose.
Flacco's deal meanwhile had a giant signing bonus (29 million) plus another 29 million guaranteed. The end result is enormous cap numbers starting in 2016 (28.5 million) and not a lot of restructuring flexibility due to his huge dead cap number.
It was like a perfect storm for us - Katie has been superb at the contracts ever since she took the lead in that area and we have also had players generally willing to work with us (especially in Andy's case).
I really don't think you can compare the Dalton and Flacco deals. Flacco has just won a Super Bowl where he had played amazingly well through the playoffs.
The interesting time will come when Dalton wins a Super Bowl (not if, when). When that happens, I would imagine he immediately asks for an extension, one that significantly changes the terms of his current deal. Last I saw he has the third highest rating in the league and is a legitimate MVP candidate. Through in post season success, especially a Super Bowl trophy, and I don't think he will be happy being paid as a "middle tier, serviceable" quarterback. I don't see him demanding Manning or Rodgers money though... I could see him doing Tom Brady type deals where he is in the upper echelon, but still leaves the team money for others.
