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(04-10-2020, 03:36 PM)ochocincos Wrote: What starting gigs are open right now though that would want to give Dalton $20 mill a year?

NE is really the only wide open one.

MIA is likely to take a QB at 5 and has Fitzmagic as a stopgap.
LAC is likely to take a QB at 3 and has Taylor as a stopgap.

Minshew did well for JAX last year (3200 yards, 21 TDs, 6 INTs in 12 starts), so they may not view Dalton worth $20 mill a year. They may be interested in Dalton though in the $8-12 mill range to compete with Minshew.

DEN may be interested in Dalton to compete with Lock, but they may want to roll with Lock as their starter given he ended with a 4-1 record last year.

It's not about what starting jobs are open this year. It's about what starting jobs could be open in 2021.

At this point he's likely going to be a backup, but if he's a backup on a 1 year deal and his starter goes down (or his starter isn't very good) then he is just a couple good starts in a row away from getting that $20m/yr+ in 2021.

Not saying it's going to happen exactly like that, but the possibility isn't outlandish, so I doubt he'd lock himself down for a 3yr deal at $8-10m/yr when he could potentially make the low end of that in 2021 alone if he steps up when called upon by a team in 2020.

(04-10-2020, 04:07 PM)McC Wrote: All those guys are starters and Dalton is not.  Apples to oranges.

If he gets cut and signs somewhere else it will be as a backup and for much less than 20 mil.  No backup QB makes more than 7.5 mil. 

Unless he signs a one year deal as a backup and the starter goes down and Dalton steps in and tears it up and he signs a new deal to be a starter, Dalton will never see anywhere close to 20 mil a year ever again.

You just added "unless" before repeating the ENTIRE point of my post, McC. 

Quote:Dalton is just a hurt starter and a stretch of 3-4 good (not even great) starts away from making at least $20m/yr.

He's a backup for 1 year for someone, steps in and makes 3-4 good starts when they get hurt or suck, and then gets paid for 2021+.

Garoppolo got paid 5yr/$137.5m for 7 starts over a 2 year span while being a backup.
Tannehill got paid 4yr/$118m for 10 starts after being a backup.
Bridgewater got paid 3yr/$63m for 5 starts while being a backup.
Brissett got paid $2yr/$30m for 2 starts while being a backup.

That is just how the NFL is rolling these days.