NFL offseason thread

He restructures the timing of receiving his money and what it’s labeled. He’s not leaving anything on the table.

 

They don't have to be creative...just draft a damn tackle at 31.

 

Basically putting the Bucs in the best position to re-sign Shaq Barrett, who said he's ready to cash out during free agency so it's going to be a $19-20M annual deal.

 

The thing about Brady is that he's collected every nickel of every contract he's signed. Yeah, some of them were redone, and he didn't hit the open market, but he has earned well over $200 million as a player.

 

Making it worse was Patrick Mahomes' whopper contract, which along with Frank Clark and others, is the reason the Chiefs have themselves in this situation.

Now ... fail to improve the line, then Mahomes is running for his life as he did against Tampa Bay, then criticism for not living up to the whopper contract, and you-know-what runs downhill.

(Yes, I know Mahomes has already had his contract restructured. Almost certainly one of many reworks.)

 

Good for Cam Newton ... that is, with the assumption that no one was going to offer him one last big, long-term deal. Probably hoping that this season will springboard him back to the possibility.

Could happen ... if Bill Belichick addresses wide receiver and tight end. Supposedly, last season was a nasty collision of eating dead money and injuries (more than merely Julian Edelman). Stay Tuned ...

 

Eli Manning is believed to have received more money in his career than any other player, 252 million. Maybe Brady is going to surpass that cumulative total with this contract but I don't think he has ever made more than 25 million in a year. So he has never made as much money as Kirk Cousins in a single year.

If Brady had walked into the Bucs front office and said he wanted 40 million next year they would have given it to him. Brady has left tens of millions of dollars on the table in his career.

 

In contracts.

TB12 arrangement with the Pats made up for it.

 

I doubt it. According to this report TB12 charges the Patriots $200 an hour. So if TB12 bills 5,000 hours then that is a million dollars. Brady elaves more than taht on the table.

 

I didn't make myself clear. My point was not that Brady maximized the dollar amount of every contract, it's that unlike almost every NFL player, he actually collected all the dollars in all those contracts. Since he's been in the league for 21 years, that adds up.

 

Mahomes contract is actually team friendly considering the level of player he is.

 

Brees retires. I stand by my call of Watson to NOLA.