(07-27-2023, 11:50 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(07-27-2023, 12:15 AM)p_rushing Wrote: 10 will be close to 40 because the RB will never see the 40 million.

You can't talk terms of 4 year deals for a RB. Players want guaranteed money but they don't want to give up years on a deal. RBs are only going to get 2 years guaranteed now. So sign a 2 year 20-25 million or sign a 4 year 60 million deal that only has 20-25 million guaranteed. It's the exact same deal as the 2 year deal as the last 2 years will never be paid.

For a RB, they have to decide if they want to sign a short-term deal that is guaranteed or if they want a long-term deal that isn't but may pay them more if they ever actually play the contract out. If they stay healthy and don't drop off in performance, the 1 or 2 year deals will make them more money in the long run. If they get hurt or drop off the long-term deal may pay them more if they get hurt in year 1 but after that it is a wash or may even pay them less.

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I hear what you're saying, but 3, 4 and five year deals almost always contain more guaranteed money than one year deals

This is precisely why these backs are up in arms about being devalued

They are increasingly not getting these lucrative second contracts, that traditionally were longer deals with more guaranteed money, percentage, wise

Definitely the longer deals used to have more guaranteed but teams aren't going to pay that anymore. If you look at the contracts league wide, I think the trend will be downward for the length of deals on a whole as players want more guaranteed money and teams saying fine but you have to cut a year off and take less overall.

RBs are just seeing a larger cut to the years and overall amounts.

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