quote:Originally posted by Tdog:quote:My prediction: 8 years $150,000,000
I don't know where he heard it but a friend told me last nite they're talking 4 years at $125mil.
Tell your friend he's a dumbass.
Tell your friend he's a dumbass.
Tell your friend he's a dumbass.
Hey, he was watching sports TV all day, I wasn't. I thought it was crazy too. Oh, and **** you too. 
He might have heard it from this guy:
quote:@AdamSchefter reports Aaron Rodgers could sign a four-year extension worth $100 million."
that would be six years at 120 million with his current numbers. Probably would be cap friendly at this point. A 30 million signing bonus spread over six years would add 5 million to the cap this year and next year. And the thiing now is that any unused cap would be carried over to the next year. For the next couple of years the Packers would appear to still have some cap flexibility.
18+ million in cap space now with only five million of that over Rodgers salary already accounted for leaves a lot of flexibility for now and later. In four years they would probably redo it again anyway. Good job Ted and Russ Ball if this is goes down.
18+ million in cap space now with only five million of that over Rodgers salary already accounted for leaves a lot of flexibility for now and later. In four years they would probably redo it again anyway. Good job Ted and Russ Ball if this is goes down.
Not sure if this is accurate, but I think...
In 2013 he is due $9.25 base and $500k roster bonus and a $500k workout bonus. so his cap number is $10.25
In 2014 he is due $10.25 base and once again same roster and workout bonus so his cap number is $11.25
If this (4 year, $100mm extension) is correct his next 6 years gives him 121.5 million. Which beats the Flacco deal by $1 million.
This would also lock up Rodgers through age 35. He mentioned wanting to play 8 more years, so in 3-4 years they restructure/extend it again 2-3 years pushing him to his 37-38 birthday.
In 2013 he is due $9.25 base and $500k roster bonus and a $500k workout bonus. so his cap number is $10.25
In 2014 he is due $10.25 base and once again same roster and workout bonus so his cap number is $11.25
If this (4 year, $100mm extension) is correct his next 6 years gives him 121.5 million. Which beats the Flacco deal by $1 million.
This would also lock up Rodgers through age 35. He mentioned wanting to play 8 more years, so in 3-4 years they restructure/extend it again 2-3 years pushing him to his 37-38 birthday.
quote:Originally posted by Tdog:
Hey, he was watching sports TV all day, I wasn't. I thought it was crazy too. Oh, and **** you too.
Well **** me if you must, but Arod ain't getting over 30 million per season on his next contract.
To think some of these guys are going to make over 1 million per game is mind boggling. Where does it stop?
If Rodgers completes 25 passes in a game, that's $40k each, no wonder he gets pissed when they drop one
Bob McG piece on this...
One of the factors making it a little unusual that the Packers are willing to tear up Rodgers' contract with two years left is that it hasn't happened with a lot of star quarterbacks in recent years.
The Baltimore Ravens waited until Joe Flacco was weeks away from free agency before they signed him to a six-year, $120.6 million contract. The New Orleans Saints let Drew Brees' contract expire and franchised him before signing him to a five-year, $100 million contract.
The Indianapolis Colts franchised Peyton Manning after his contract expired in 2011 before signing him to a five-year, $90 million contract. "All those guys had to wait, even Peyton Manning," the agent said.
"The only guy who had his redone with two years to go, I think, was (Tom) Brady. Aaron accepted the risk of over-performance when he signed the contract. He accepted the risk of the market changing."
Teammates have described Rodgers as extremely sensitive and while it's unlikely he would hold out, the possibility exists that the situation could become ugly - as it started to become with Brees and the Saints - if Rodgers has to wait a long time.
One of the factors making it a little unusual that the Packers are willing to tear up Rodgers' contract with two years left is that it hasn't happened with a lot of star quarterbacks in recent years.
The Baltimore Ravens waited until Joe Flacco was weeks away from free agency before they signed him to a six-year, $120.6 million contract. The New Orleans Saints let Drew Brees' contract expire and franchised him before signing him to a five-year, $100 million contract.
The Indianapolis Colts franchised Peyton Manning after his contract expired in 2011 before signing him to a five-year, $90 million contract. "All those guys had to wait, even Peyton Manning," the agent said.
"The only guy who had his redone with two years to go, I think, was (Tom) Brady. Aaron accepted the risk of over-performance when he signed the contract. He accepted the risk of the market changing."
Teammates have described Rodgers as extremely sensitive and while it's unlikely he would hold out, the possibility exists that the situation could become ugly - as it started to become with Brees and the Saints - if Rodgers has to wait a long time.
quote:Teammates have described Rodgers as extremely sensitive and while it's unlikely he would hold out, the possibility exists that the situation could become ugly
Once again Bad Bob
Still waiting for Finley's release that should have occured months and months ago as Bob reported would happen.
quote:Teammates have described Rodgers as extremely sensitive
True... we've seen his sensitive side with the MACC Fund.
Bad Bob wasn't 
, he was only trying to motivate JerMike for the 2013 season. 
quote:Originally posted by Pakrz:
To think some of these guys are going to make over 1 million per game is mind boggling. Where does it stop?
I agree it's mindboggling, but the issue isn't so much superstar, gamechanging future hall of famers like Rodgers, Manning, Matthews, Brady, Adrian Peterson, Calvin Johnson, etc. getting 15-20 million. The real problem is guys like Eric Walden getting 4 million. How much would Rodgers get if he went on the open market at 29 years of age with no salary cap?
At least football contracts are not all guarenteed money like baseball contracts. In some instances those thieves are collecting money several years after they are no longer playing.
The 76'ers strongly agree with your point and can't stand you for reminding them at the same time.
quote:Originally posted by MichiganPacker:quote:Originally posted by Pakrz:
To think some of these guys are going to make over 1 million per game is mind boggling. Where does it stop?
I agree it's mindboggling, but the issue isn't so much superstar, gamechanging future hall of famers like Rodgers, Manning, Matthews, Brady, Adrian Peterson, Calvin Johnson, etc. getting 15-20 million. The real problem is guys like Eric Walden getting 4 million. How much would Rodgers get if he went on the open market at 29 years of age with no salary cap?
Wigi might give his kingdom for Rodgers right now. So would Dallas.
quote:Wigi
I'm sure that's a typo but I can't figure out who you mean?
quote:Originally posted by ammo:
At least football contracts are not all guarenteed money like baseball contracts.
I read somewhere that the New York Mets are still paying Bobby Bonilla. BobbyBo is 50 years old and last appeared in a MLB game in 2001.
quote:New York Mets are still paying Bobby Bonilla
After a subpar season in 1999. The Mets released Bonilla, but still owed him $5.9 million. The team had to get him off their book in order to sign another player, so they worked out a deal: If Bonilla would defer payment for a decade, they'd pay him an annuity worth far more than the $5.9 million. Bonilla accepted the offer resulting in an annual paycheck of $1.19 million starting in 2011 and will last until 2035.
Funny......
quote:Originally posted by Boris:quote:Wigi
I'm sure that's a typo but I can't figure out who you mean?
Wilf, Ziggy = Wigi That and that the Viqueens passed on
quote:Originally posted by Goldie:
Packers CEO Mark Murphy recently described signing quarterback Aaron Rodgers to a new contract as a “priority.”
Soon, “priority” will be replaced with “reality.”
A new deal with Rodgers could be done soon, possibly before the draft.
“It is his time,” a league source with knowledge of the situation recently told PFT.
When it comes to value, don’t expect another nudging of the bar by a quarter inch or so. With Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco getting $20.1 million per year roughly eight months after Saints quarterback Drew Brees receiver $20 million annually, Rodgers could go as high as $23 million annually.
Which then will become the new height for which other quarterbacks aim.
Meanwhile, the teams with those ultra-high-priced quarterbacks will have less and less cap space available to fill out the other positions on the roster.
http://profootballtalk.nbcspor...in-new-deal/related/
quote:Originally posted by El-Ka-Bong:quote:Originally posted by Goldie:
“It is his time,” a league source with knowledge of the situation recently told PFT.
you can't pay for that kind of information. I can see why that source doesn't want his identity revealed.
I'm all for paying the guy, he does deserve it, but it's not like the cap is going up every year in drastic amounts like it did pre-CBA. Management has to be careful.
Cripes he's 29 already. TT better get moving. He's got about 3 years before the age slow-down starts to affect his playing style.
The years after SB XXXI went by very quickly. MS wasted the prime years of TOG.
AR is good enough to win 3 SBs but TT has got to fill some of the gaps we have now.
The years after SB XXXI went by very quickly. MS wasted the prime years of TOG.
AR is good enough to win 3 SBs but TT has got to fill some of the gaps we have now.
quote:Originally posted by Boris:quote:Wigi
I'm sure that's a typo but I can't figure out who you mean?
yea, doing that a lot lately. ziggi or whatever the hell the current owner of th Vikings name is.
The Packers have 20 million in cap space. Figure about 4 million is earmarked for rookies. I estimate, based on the contracts of Big Ben, Eli Manning, and Joe Flacco (contracts approved by 3 GMs Thompson gets compared to in style), that Rodgers cap number will be between 8 and 10 million for this season.
So between what Rodgers is going to get and rookies, the Packers should have anywhere from 6 to 8 million in cap space.
And based on the contracts recently given to Terrell Suggs and especially LaMarr Woodley, I estimate Clay Matthews cap number (if re-signed now) would be between 7 and 8 million for the first year.
Gives a little perspective about why TT didn't sign free agents. There's two guys right there who could use up the rest of the cap space on their own for this season.
So between what Rodgers is going to get and rookies, the Packers should have anywhere from 6 to 8 million in cap space.
And based on the contracts recently given to Terrell Suggs and especially LaMarr Woodley, I estimate Clay Matthews cap number (if re-signed now) would be between 7 and 8 million for the first year.
Gives a little perspective about why TT didn't sign free agents. There's two guys right there who could use up the rest of the cap space on their own for this season.
quote:Originally posted by Grave Digger:
Rodgers cap number will be between 8 and 10 million for this season.
Do you mean $8-10 million more than it already is? He already counts $9.75 million for 2013.
quote:Originally posted by ammo:
Wilf, Ziggy = Wigi
Thanks
Can't wait to see how these signings factor into the Free Agency grades and see if the Packers did anything to better themselves this offseason! This should get the Pack closer to the high marks awarded to the Bushrod/Bennett haul.
How much? More than anyone else. Coming real soon, as even the Packers are saying now.
It may also open the door for other low to mid range signings. Considering it is both Rodgers and Matthews I can see why they held off looking at FAs outside the organization (and it's pretty standard). Gotta think Matthews is going to get a relatively long term contract for his position and both will be getting a good chunk upfront.
Keeping a fat Warchest may also deter other teams from taking a swing at Shields in RFA if they know GB has the cash to match
I hope there's some way they can work some hamstring insurance into Clay's deal.
So, Schefter from ESPN speculates on a 4 year, $100 million extension, which in reality is a 6 yr, $120+ million deal due to the two remaining years on his contract. But the real reality is the amount of guaranteed money, which I haven't seen yet.
Bottom line: one, the deal will get done soon and, two, A-Rod will be the highest paid player in the NFL. I applaud both for getting this done now rather than in a year or two.
Bottom line: one, the deal will get done soon and, two, A-Rod will be the highest paid player in the NFL. I applaud both for getting this done now rather than in a year or two.
When is Raji's contract up? Is he another player they want to sign soon?