(03-14-2022, 06:56 PM)ChrisJagBoy Wrote: Love the Scherff signing.
Christian Kirks contract makes me want to puke. 18m a year with incentives can be up to 21m/year lmao and people were complaining about amari cooper.


"WR Christian Kirk: Signing a four-year, $72 million contract that has a max value of $84 million. (Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero)"

just to point this out, never pay attention to the total value, it's rare that a guy sees it through to the end of the contract. Either they don't play up to the figure and end up released once the dead money hit runs out, or if they outplay the deal they'll hold out and renegotiate a bigger deal down the road.

Pay attention to the signing bonus, guaranteed money, and how the salary is structured and you'll get a better idea of whether the deal is good or bad.

For example, Kirk's deal has no guarantee after the second year. At that point, if he's no good, we eat $10M and walk away, leaving 33M in salary and bonuses behind. That's not bad, and gives Kirk all the motivation to keep his performance up if he wants to keep raking in the cash.

Scherff's deal is structured almost the exact same - after 2 years, if it ain't working out, we eat a little amortization and walk away with no other guarantees on our books.

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(03-14-2022, 07:04 PM)ChrisJagBoy Wrote: I just woke up so I have no idea if anyone noticed this but Taven Bryans signed with the Browns lolol

addition by subtraction!

I'll have to warn my BiL back home, I don't expect him to be anything more than rotation, though.

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