(03-10-2024, 09:17 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(03-10-2024, 06:37 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Oh my, and flgatesjag dude said he would offer $20 per, lol.

I said I'd make him top 5 highest at his position, that's 25 mil, and I said Watts guaranteed which is 80.  You said if we don't give him  Bosa money it's a bad look on the franchise. Still haven't seen anything from a credible source.  I'm sure he's asking for 30 though, and why a deal isn't done yet, anyone could tweet that.  If we offered 30 mil a year a deal would likely be done already

Well if he asked for 30 that is a positive, even more positive if it is their first counter offer. This is a negotiation and if this is true, appears to be a reasonable one. I was afraid we would begin at 20 and them at 35+.  Over the years it seemed the wider that first gap the more contentious things would get. 

Now, if you average the contracts of the top 6 players :
Nick Bosa - 5yr, Khalil Mack - 6yr, Joey Bosa - 5yr, Myles Garrett- 5yr, Von Miller- 6yr, T.J. Watt- 4yr

You get  $25,903,581 per year 59% guaranteed. Now that is wonderful but the average signing year of these contracts was 2020.7. Looking at the CPI over those years it was 19.32%.  Yea sound high but as a country we measure inflation year over year so you have to add those 4 years together.  (as a side note the highest any of the previous 4 year increments was about 4.5 % going back to 2008 or so)

 Add the CPI and voila !
You get  $30,908,152 per year 59% guaranteed.

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