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Haha, I said the same thing just now to a friend of mine who loves Dallas and he said "ITS A DIFFERENT ERA BRO!"
This team....lol.
2013 NFL Offseason and Draft
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This team....lol.
I have a feeling the sports world is gonna shit itself when we see the Aaron Rodgers contract next week or whenever. Probably gonna be like 6 years/ $150 mil.
The number at the end doesn't mean anything. Romo is getting $55m guaranteed, Brady's newest restructuring gives him ~$30mil something for 2? years. I doubt Romo plays until he's 38-39 to finish that contract.
Also, he's getting $18m/year, not 20.
Burnem Wizfyre
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The extension goes into effect after the 2013 season, when Romo earns $11.5 million, essentially giving him a seven-year contract worth $119.5 million. It's basically 17M a year.
But it's not that silly for a top 12 QB these days.
Your QB is about to get an extension that will be about the same per year. Matt Ryan will get as much or more, Rodgers will set the new bar in guaranteed money.
Your QB is about to get an extension that will be about the same per year. Matt Ryan will get as much or more, Rodgers will set the new bar in guaranteed money.
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Big ticket QB's getting this big money is going to start a paradoxical shift if you will, where they will command and get so much money each team with one of the big ticket guys will be forced to choose whether they wanted one of those guys to begin with.
Joe Flacco is the perfect example. Ravens front office kind of gambled with his future and contract situation, which backfired since Flacco somehow won a Super Bowl in a contract year causing the Ravens to give him the big money and demolish the rest of their roster. So teams in similar situations are going to have to look long and hard as to whether they want an Andrew Luck or a Russell Wilson, in the sense that the Lucks of the world are going to start commanding and getting 20 mill+ a year and guys like Wilson will still produce yet have incredible value due to his low draft position and rookie contract.
Long story short, if these record breaking contracts continue into next year, its actually going to have an ugly side effect which turns the league into stars and scrubs ala the NBA 3 years ago.
Joe Flacco is the perfect example. Ravens front office kind of gambled with his future and contract situation, which backfired since Flacco somehow won a Super Bowl in a contract year causing the Ravens to give him the big money and demolish the rest of their roster. So teams in similar situations are going to have to look long and hard as to whether they want an Andrew Luck or a Russell Wilson, in the sense that the Lucks of the world are going to start commanding and getting 20 mill+ a year and guys like Wilson will still produce yet have incredible value due to his low draft position and rookie contract.
Long story short, if these record breaking contracts continue into next year, its actually going to have an ugly side effect which turns the league into stars and scrubs ala the NBA 3 years ago.
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I was kind of hoping he'd just let the year play out and go elsewhere. Again, not because I don't think he doesn't deserve a new contract, but so the fanbase can lose him and go back to the years between him and Aikman so they shut the fuck up about how bad of a player he is. This is the most lackluster off season in Cowboys history so I don't have much hope for this next year.
Which is basically what the owners/NBA wanted. With the new CBA taxes finally coming into effect nexr year, the stars will have to start spreading out (ala Harden to Houston) because teams can't pay more than 2 guys max money and field a competitive team.
Which increases parity.
The NFL already has parity just because with the size of the teams and how the best teams in each division have to play each other the following year. You'll probably end up paying franchise QBs 25% of your salary cap and all the other positions getting less than they do now. No longer will you be able to give WRs, passrushers, or CBs huge QB-like contracts.
The Patriots really set the model several years ago, and teams are starting to follow it more and more. Basically they identify, pay, and build around a few core players, and use draft picks and cheap free agents to fill in the holes. There was an MIT sports summit a few weeks ago where some of the front office guys were talking, basically saying the new model is to sign the superstars and then get $1mil. players and draft picks everywhere else. It's part of the reason why the 49ers let Goldson walk without even attempting to negotiate, yet they extended Bowman last year; because Goldson isn't a core player, and they knew another team would pay him more than his actual value, whereas Bowman is an elite player who's integral to the defense.
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Also don't forget, while the cap has been stagnate for a few years now, pretty much everyone is expecting a jump into at least the $130mil range starting next season. These deals that seem like they are cap-killers now won't look like that a year or two down the road. Probably a great idea to wrap up stars now paying them big relative to the current cap rather than waiting and having to pay them big relative to the expanded cap.
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