Zac's Contract for Longer Than 3 Years??? (Hobson Article)

[MileHighGrowler]

I can't remember who, but a poster had mentioned some weeks back that they thought that full coaching class that year all had 5-year contracts. Something they'd read in an article I think. None of us for sure, but the whole 3 year thing seems to be something that's morphed from the desire of people to give him three years, and the fact that the Bengals didn't fire him after this season. Him having a 5-year contract wouldn't surprise me at all.

It was a gamble either way by the org. You could sign a 2-3 year contract and risk that he hits it big and then have to make a big payout to keep him, or you could sign a 4-5 year and hope that you've got him locked down longer, but it's money down the drain if he doesn't perform. Not sure how the cost/risk analysis would play out in terms of which saves you more money, but I suspect it's cheaper the way they did it since he was unproven coming in.