You have a point. Elliott is 24 and barring injury, will be the highest paid RB in one or two years. Might be better to get him locked up for another 5 years as second highest paid back.
Locking Zeke up to a contract isn't exactly a guarantee he won't hold out again when others blow his contract out of water. Only good course he to stand your ground, otherwise expect it to happen again. Just my
Locking Zeke up to a contract isn't exactly a guarantee he won't hold out again when others blow his contract out of water. Only good course he to stand your ground, otherwise expect it to happen again. Just my
there aren't many backs going to blow his contract outta the water once he's signed, and I'm not sure he's the kinda guy who makes a habit outta holding out just because another back gets paid more down the road.Locking Zeke up to a contract isn't exactly a guarantee he won't hold out again when others blow his contract out of water. Only good course he to stand your ground, otherwise expect it to happen again. Just my
Not for pride, do it for practical purposes like signing players that played well and have expiring contracts. Also to discourage others to follow suit.
Yeah and if they resign him to say a five year contract with a big guarantee then his play drops way off like Gurleys did in the post season ( and likely going forward ) you still think it's smart? It's business. QBs get way over paid, mediocre players get paid more then some players who play way better in a lot of cases. Occasionally a team gets the good end of the stick. Seem bad business to not take advantage of those few opportunities. I'm sure you'd love to see the Cowboys in cap hell though.
yep....these guys are anything but objective when it's the CowboysI'm sure you'd love to see the Cowboys in cap hell though.
Yeah and if they resign him to say a five year contract with a big guarantee then his play drops way off like Gurleys did in the post season ( and likely going forward ) you still think it's smart? It's business. QBs get way over paid, mediocre players get paid more then some players who play way better in a lot of cases. Occasionally a team gets the good end of the stick. Seem bad business to not take advantage of those few opportunities. I'm sure you'd love to see the Cowboys in cap hell though.
Get out of the kitchen then because it's too hot for you.
Bull Shit
Exactly why you make Zeke play out his contract.
Goff is due more money and the Rams could claw back his 4th year signing bonus. Goff could lose out on $8.89M. Goff should at least be considering a hold-out. The Rams haven't fought players in public PR battles and have generally been player friendly in dealing with player contracts. So far Goff, (wisely), hasn't played out a drama in public. That might change if a deal hasn't been reached by Week 7...but I expect it will be done before then.
It's a pretty silly and misleading way of looking at Gurley's contract. Anyone using it as a benchmark will end up with GIGO data.
I'm aware of the roster guarantees, which is actual like no guarantee really. Be interesting to see how that plays out. However I doubt going forward players are going to accept fake guarantees and my point is from the team point of view it's risky to resign a RB to a huge second contract, much less do it before you must, especially if the player threatens to not honor his first contract.
No he can't lose out on $8.9M. I think you are counting the current year apportionment of the signing bonus he received when he signed. His salary is only $4.3M. Dak's is $2M. It's double of course and he has already made a lot more money, but $2M more for this season when we are talking $150M contracts isn't that much of a difference. I'm betting neither considers holding out this year.
A "Bell type" deal would definitely be team friendly IMO. The way these always seem to work lately is when a comparable or even slightly lesser player comes due they become the highest paid. So if a RB of Zeke's caliber comes due in a subsequent year he will exceed the previous high contract by a decent amount and it continues each year. So if Zeke were a true FA this year he likely goes $1M per year more than Gurley. So to sign for $1M per year less is a $2M swing - about 13% less.
I'm not sure I am following. Once a roster bonus is guaranteed, it's guaranteed just like a salary. It may not be guaranteed day one and if not it shouldn't be counted that way. Sometimes like with Gurley they count it because there is little practical chance for it to not get guaranteed eventually. But it often can guarantee the year before which I guess protects the player a little. I always thought the roster bonus is more attractive to the player because he gets it up front that year instead of spread out over 17 weeks like his salary and thought that was why they like to have it, but it's basically the same as salary if both are guaranteed.
Thru 2020 it would be to big of a hit to cut Gurley, after that it can be done with cap savings.
