09-08-2023, 04:51 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
The 5th year is not void. Burrow is signed thru 2029.
2023: year 4 rookie
2024: 5th year rookie extension
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2025: year 1 extension
2026: year 2 extension
2027: year 3 extension
2028: year 4 extension
2029: year 5 extension
