(01-02-2024, 01:12 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(01-02-2024, 11:32 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: And so what do you do when you offer him what you think he deserves, and he turns it down?

You come to an agreement that pleases him for the time being, but, you make it clear to him that with that cost comes a heavier burden that will not enable them to be overly picky and choosey down the road when free agency opens up.

To be blunt, it's hard to compile a good football team with 21 starters if the QB is being paid 50% of the team's salary cap. If he wants to be rich and be a loser on the football field? Knock yourself out. 

I would just recap how awful it's been this year with no protection and no running game and he can decide what his legacy will be best remembered as here in Jacksonville.

The top QBs are making between 14-19% of the team's cap annually.
Not 50%

All they need to do in order to battle his cap hit is to make it a long term deal. That way they can make his cap hit 20-25% in one year when they are not in need of several contracts - and 10-15% in a year they need space. More years means more freedom to move the money around. 

Low balling the guy you expect to be the face of the franchise is not a good way to build the good faith required to keep this culture and leadership model Pederson has developed in Jax.

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