Stafford extension

[imac_21]

What it all boils down to is he is signed for 5 years, ~75M and ~43M guaranteed.

When his contract is up he will be 29 and able to cash in again. Brandon Weeden is 29 right now.

 

[supreme_clientele81]

What it all boils down to is he is signed for 5 years, ~75M and ~43M guaranteed.

When his contract is up he will be 29 and able to cash in again. Brandon Weeden is 29 right now.

Didn't he just redo his contract a few years ago or was he still on his rookie deal?

 

[RobBase]

Didn't he just redo his contract a few years ago or was he still on his rookie deal?

He re-did it to open up cap space, not a full-blown new deal.

 

[imac_21]

Didn't he just redo his contract a few years ago or was he still on his rookie deal?

He had redone it, but the restructure was to allow them to sign Megatron last year. His cap number for next year was going to be almost 20M, so they had to do something.

 

[supreme_clientele81]

He re-did it to open up cap space, not a full-blown new deal.

He had redone it, but the restructure was to allow them to sign Megatron last year. His cap number for next year was going to be almost 20M, so they had to do something.

Ok I thought I remembered him doing something. That's alot of money tied up at QB & WR when does the new TV deal supposed to kick in? Because Suh contract is coming up

 

[RobBase]

Ok I thought I remembered him doing something. That's alot of money tied up at QB & WR when does the new TV deal supposed to kick in? Because Suh contract is coming up

They have enough now with all this restructuring to resign Suh. Been talking about it on local radio all day. Somehow the Lions are brilliant with cap management. It's weird.

 

[supreme_clientele81]

They have enough now with all this restructuring to resign Suh. Been talking about it on local radio all day. Somehow the Lions are brilliant with cap management. It's weird.

Well that is good to hear

 

[imac_21]

They have enough now with all this restructuring to resign Suh. Been talking about it on local radio all day. Somehow the Lions are brilliant with cap management. It's weird.

With short term cap management, but what about long term. The Niners were praised for cap management in the mid-90s and it led to hell for about 8 years. We got a Super Bowl out of it and some playoff appearances.

It would suck for Detroit if they went into cap hell through constant restructuring without ever seeing playoff success.

 

[BloodType49]

They have alot of money tied up in their big 3, If they had to let one walk for cap reasons Im pretty sure it would be Suh, If Suh somehow came to the Niners our line would be downright nasty!

 

[NinerSickness]

If Matt Stafford has proven he's worth 15 million a season, that just shows how hard it is to find a good QB.

 

[Pattersonca65]

With short term cap management, but what about long term. The Niners were praised for cap management in the mid-90s and it led to hell for about 8 years. We got a Super Bowl out of it and some playoff appearances.

It would suck for Detroit if they went into cap hell through constant restructuring without ever seeing playoff success.

I would call it borrowing against the future, LOL

 

[Runeman]

If Matt Stafford has proven he's worth 15 million a season, that just shows how hard it is to find a good QB.

I agree and think he is one of the very best. Wish we had him in Miami.

 

[RobBase]

With short term cap management, but what about long term. The Niners were praised for cap management in the mid-90s and it led to hell for about 8 years. We got a Super Bowl out of it and some playoff appearances.

It would suck for Detroit if they went into cap hell through constant restructuring without ever seeing playoff success.

The three guys they'll be most invested in are Stafford, Calvin and Suh. It's the Lions. What is the worst that happens, we go 0-16 again a few years after they retire?

 

[dredinis21]

With short term cap management, but what about long term. The Niners were praised for cap management in the mid-90s and it led to hell for about 8 years. We got a Super Bowl out of it and some playoff appearances.

It would suck for Detroit if they went into cap hell through constant restructuring without ever seeing playoff success.

I think we are still paying like half of the team from the mid-nineties based on all the restructures.

 

[Pattersonca65]

I think we are still paying like half of the team from the mid-nineties based on all the restructures.

They brought Walsh back to clean it up.

 

[NinerSickness]

I agree and think he is one of the very best. Wish we had him in Miami.

He's got a LONG way t' go before he even sniffs "one of the best" after that year he had with the best WR in football.

 

[NinerSickness]

Don't know how to embed twitter links; never used twitter in my life. I'm still not 100% sure what it does.

Yikes.

[MEDIA=twitter]355387923715211264[/MEDIA]

 

[Crimsoncrew]

Don't know how to embed twitter links; never used twitter in my life. I'm still not 100% sure what it does.

Wow. That's incredible.

 

[RobBase]

Don't know how to embed twitter links; never used twitter in my life. I'm still not 100% sure what it does.

Here's the problem with that stat: the year they went 10-6 they beat something like 8 teams who finished 8-8. That year fans of other teams loved saying how the Lions didn't beat anyone with a winning record, but they beat 8 teams they would have finished with one had they beaten the Lions. Take that for what it is worth.

And he did have the best WR in football last year, but that WR was also tripled covered all year. We had zero run game after losing Best and Pettigrew was so bad defenses ripped the fucking ball out his hands regularly after Stafford completed passes to him. The whole offense was fucked last year with that, Titus etc...we're hoping Reggie Bush takes some pressure off Calvin this season.

 

[NinerSickness]

Here's the problem with that stat: the year they went 10-6 they beat something like 8 teams who finished 8-8. That year fans of other teams loved saying how the Lions didn't beat anyone with a winning record, but they beat 8 teams they would have finished with one had they beaten the Lions. Take that for what it is worth.

And he did have the best WR in football last year, but that WR was also tripled covered all year. We had zero run game after losing Best and Pettigrew was so bad defenses ripped the fucking ball out his hands regularly after Stafford completed passes to him. The whole offense was fucked last year with that, Titus etc...we're hoping Reggie Bush takes some pressure off Calvin this season.

I get all that. I'm not a Stafford hater. That said, Stafford's play was pretty sucktastic in 2012, and he has a lot to prove.