NFL offseason thread

$60M in guarantees....how does that compare with the other big-time-paid QBs?

 

Newton's deal for comparison:

 

Rodger's 5-year deal had $54m guaranteed.

 

Brees 5-year, $40m guaranteed.

 

Roethlisberger got $64M guaranteed & Kaepernick got $61M.

So Wilson will tie Newton for third-most.

 

Goddamn. Kap got $61M?

 

All these figures are misleading. There's injury guarantee and guaranteed money. The Niners can out of Kaepernicks deal without paying him 60 million

 

Kaepernick got 3/$42M with an endless series of optional renewals. Very little of it was guaranteed, no matter how many reporters fell for the agent bullshit.

Why do reporters keep falling for that anyway?

 

This board does every time.

 

Not according to this:
Quarterback Contracts and Salaries | Over The Cap



Third number is the guaranteed (it goes Total, avg/year, guarantee, avg guar/year, %guaranteed, FA year).

 

These NFL contracts are so funny to me. Used to be, it was reported straight up like "5 years, 50 mil, 10M/AAV." Then, it became "5 years, 50 mil, 10M/AAV but only 20 guaranteed." Now, it's "5 years, 50 mil, 10/AAV, but only 20 guaranteed for injury and REALLY just 12 guaranteed LIKE FOR REAL GUARANTEED y'all!!"

Hilarious.

 

I was just going by what was reported at the time, though it appears that was inaccurate:

Colin Kaepernick's 'Record' $126 Million Contract Was A Complete Sham - Business Insider