Fullly guatanteed contract for KC

[Niner Outlaw]

The more I watch things unfold today. The less sense it makes to me why Kirk is getting a fully guaranteed contract. Particularly from a team as seemingly loaded as the Vikings..

You make a good point. it's somehting that hasn't been done before. You'd think other Qbs would've done before now--Rodgers, Manning, etc. Teams always insisted on basically guaranteeing the first few yeras and tacking on a year or 2 at the end that weren't guaranteed but in reality, really were.

Why Cousins and why now? I think the answer is leverage and timing. The Vikings are a QB away from a SB. Cousins is a FA coming off multiple 4,000 yard seasons. Those 2 things line up perfectly. Minny wasn't sold on Keenum (that was obvious) and he signed with Denver in a preemptive strike. They weren't sold on their other Qbs either, since they kept Bridgewater inactive for 2 games in favor of Bradford even though Teddy was healthy enough to play...then bradford got hurt (again). The Vikings, in a word, were desperate and their adversary was the Jets who had more cap space and a higher offer. So they offered a fully guaranteed deal and Minny has a significantly lower tax rate than NY.

 

[gkekoa]

The Player’s Association

The NFL has been players have been wanting fully guaranteed contracts for a while. They finally had a player that could leverage one. I can’t imagine it being the norm.

 

[Stymietee]

You make a good point. it's somehting that hasn't been done before. You'd think other Qbs would've done before now--Rodgers, Manning, etc. Teams always insisted on basically guaranteeing the first few yeras and tacking on a year or 2 at the end that weren't guaranteed but in reality, really were.

Why Cousins and why now? I think the answer is leverage and timing. The Vikings are a QB away from a SB. Cousins is a FA coming off multiple 4,000 yard seasons. Those 2 things line up perfectly. Minny wasn't sold on Keenum (that was obvious) and he signed with Denver in a preemptive strike. They weren't sold on their other Qbs either, since they kept Bridgewater inactive for 2 games in favor of Bradford even though Teddy was healthy enough to play...then bradford got hurt (again). The Vikings, in a word, were desperate and their adversary was the Jets who had more cap space and a higher offer. So they offered a fully guaranteed deal and Minny has a significantly lower tax rate than NY.

I like everything that you've written here, but I have to make one small correction, You wrote, "The Vikings are a QB away from a SB." The correction is, "The Vikings believe they are a QB away from a SB."

 

[Stymietee]

The Player’s Association

The NFL has been players have been wanting fully guaranteed contracts for a while. They finally had a player that could leverage one. I can’t imagine it being the norm.

It's going to get real interesting leading up to the 2020 season. If Kirk 's is simply the first of many, those negotiations for a new CBA could break off early and last for quite a while.

 

[gkekoa]

It's going to get real interesting leading up to the 2020 season. If Kirk 's is simply the first of many, those negotiations for a new CBA could break off early and last for quite a while.

The players have to know they are expendable.

 

[Stymietee]

The players have to know they are expendable.

They do, but they also know that there's no game without them. #RemembertheScabs

 

[Sharkinva]

They do, but they also know that there's no game without them. #RemembertheScabs

Hey.... Bruce has decided all our SCABs should now get Super Bowl rings, they will probably do it this year at home coming.

 

[gkekoa]

They do, but they also know that there's no game without them. #RemembertheScabs

There would absolutely be a game and within a year or two, every player would cave.

 

[Rowdy]

The Player’s Association

The NFL has been players have been wanting fully guaranteed contracts for a while. They finally had a player that could leverage one. I can’t imagine it being the norm.

Cant see any reason it wouldn't be the norm with any of the top ten qb's after this. Kirk set it up nicely for them

 

[Sharkinva]

@Stymietee you do realize the whole giving the SCABS Super Bowl rings is nothing more than a PR ploy to try and draw in the old farts like us who can actually remember back to that season. Figure What $500-1000 a ring for 50 some odd players, a nice grand gesture. Hell even at $5000 a ring, its a drop in the bucket compared to paying a player of today.

 

[Stymietee]

@Stymietee you do realize the whole giving the SCABS Super Bowl rings is nothing more than a PR ploy to try and draw in the old farts like us who can actually remember back to that season. Figure What $500-1000 a ring for 50 some odd players, a nice grand gesture. Hell even at $5000 a ring, its a drop in the bucket compared to paying a player of today.

Yes I know, although well past due, this and cap management is what BA does best.

 

[Sharkinva]

Yes I know, although well past due, this and cap management is what BA does best.

Agreed. Like I said, he is that middle manager who realized, the less he pays the lower staff, the bigger his bonus every year.