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Oh my...
Chiefs are all about positional value. When you do that, you pay your average young Lt and not your older pro bowl S.I had to read it a couple of times to actually believe the Chiefs would sign him to that big of a contract. Just seems like they have doubled down on the idea that they don't want to admit that Fisher hasn't lived up to his 1st overall pick status. He has shown glimpses but that is about it and they are paying him like a top level guy for his position. Huge risk for the Chiefs especially when that could be money going to a guy like Berry who has proven his worth.
If we drafted Joeckel, I might be in rehab by now with the amount of rum I'd be drinking.He turned out better than the other OT at least.
Something to keep in mind here- that 4/48 doesn't really kick in until 2018.
Over the next 6 years of control assuming Fisher lasts the entire contract, it's 63 million. Just over 10M AAV. How much is 12M AAV in 2018 money?
The injuries certainly prevented him from gaining weight his first two years which was kind of irritating watching a large hobbled TE attempt to be an OT. Just watching him, I think he knew that and it was pretty obvious just how timid he was against any determined passrusher. With him coming to the season healthy, and maybe more importantly, confident in his abilities, I am quite interested to see how he does. Rather quietly once he took over for Stephenson at LT last year the team performed much better.Good point but at the same time this does put Eric Fisher in the top-7 LT's when it comes to money. He has been nowhere near that level and when you throw in it is not only that his play hasn't been all that great or at least consistent but that he has struggled with injuries almost every single season. So can't stay healthy and hasn't been a very consistent performer that it just surprises me that they would do this deal at this point when they didn't have to. I would have waited just to see if he can actually stay healthy for a season.
Only having surface knowledge here...I thought Fisher was on the bust trail, but apparently not the case for them to lock him up with 2 yrs on this deal.
With the rising cap GMs are going to want to get guys locked up as early as possible average contracts have been increasing by about 7 to 8% per season the last few years . In 2 years this deal will probably look like a bargain.
According to the NFL Players Association, the Chiefs now have approximately $432,795 in cap space — the lowest in the NFL. Before the deal, they had $226,818, which means the Chiefs saved approximately $206,000 this year.
The Chiefs did net some savings in 2017, however, as Fisher’s cap charge in 2017 dropped from $11.9 million to $9.45 million, creating a savings about $2.55 million.
Before the season, the Chiefs will probably have to make some moves to clear up space. Teams like to have at least few million available in case they have to make a veteran addition or two due to injury or performance.
A few notes about Fisher’s contract. He will have cap numbers of $6.8 million for 2016, $9.45 million for 2017, $13.9 million for 2018, $13.1 million for 2019, $12 million for 2020 and $11.5 million for 2021. It included a $12.75 million signing bonus.
A significant portion of the guarantees in 2018 and 2019 — about $20 million — are guaranteed for injury, but a significant portion of Fisher’s 2018 salary (approximately $8.2 million) is essentially guaranteed, also, because he only has to be on the roster on the third day of the 2017 league year (which will be in early March) to collect it.
However, a significant portion of his 2019 salary (approximately $8.5 million) is only guaranteed if he’s on the roster by the third day of the 2019 league year. That means the Chiefs could reasonably get out of the deal before the 2019 season if Fisher does not live up to expectations.
The deal also contains a total of $2.5 million in Pro Bowl escalators from 2017 to 2021 and a total of $1.5 million in per game-roster bonuses from 2019 to 2021. There are also $1 million workout bonuses between 2018 and 2021.