Quote:Actually it's a good contract. He was gonna be the highest paid center anyways but the contract he signed is only slightly more then what Ryan Kalil got 2 1/2 years ago. Kalil got 6 years for $49,116,000 or an average of $8,186,000 a year with $19 mill guaranteed and Mack supposedly gets 5 years for $42 mill or an average of $8,400,000 a year with $26 mill guaranteed. A lot of people were thinking he was gonna get in the $10 mill a year range since he is probably one of the top 3 centers in the league.

It's a bad deal from the stand point of the language in the contract. That's the type of deal where after 2 years he can say I want a bigger contract or I void and leave. A player can hold a team hostage with a contract like that especially if he keeps up the pro bowl level of play and other guys start making more than him.


The implications of this contract are not good by any means and is bad business. I kind of question our GM for even offering this type of deal

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