(09-08-2023, 11:08 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(09-08-2023, 10:16 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: No - less money isn't the thing. He'll get paid big unless something catastrophic happens this season. 

It will be a longer than normal term contract (6 to 10 years)  with flexibility written in so they can be creative about moving his money around from year to year to protect their cap (so they can keep/add other talent)

That's the home town discount we get from Trev. Flexibility about how and when he gets paid so we aren't in a bind so badly. The guarantee will be large, the structure will be a bit unique.

The interesting thing is, if you give the guy a contract that says, 5 years, 250 million, for example, 50 million per year, the team can just declare any of those years to be a bonus and spread the cap hit among the remaining years, without even having to have Trevor's approval.  The reason they don't need the player's approval is because the player gets his bonus up front instead of weekly during the season throughout the year.  There is no sacrifice by the player.  He gets paid faster, and the team gets to spread out the cap hit among the remaining years of the contract.  

This is why all the hand-wringing about how we're going to have to cut players next year is misguided.  Trevor's cap hit will be lower in the first years of the new contract than it is this year.  Same deal with Calvin Ridley.  His cap hit with a new contract will be lower next season than it is this season.

Yes, we've seen that play out many times.

The Mahomes deal simply took that concept and expounded upon it with added flexibility and I expect Trevor's will too. 

Lawrence made reference to it in a presser in last year's post season junket. He anticipates an opportunity to cement himself as the guy here long term and to give the team flexibility simultaneously. I'd wager off the record convos with TL, his, agent and Mgmt/ownership have already occurred. 

Just yesterday Pederson made reference to TL being "our quarterback" for "a lot of years." I don't think this was just typical/standard extension talk. 

I think we're headed directly to an extension of 6-10 years that will afford ample opportunity to convert salary to bonus and spread it around the term of the deal with multiple such restructures occurring throughout the life of the contract. Brady's cooperation with Kraft/Bilicheck sort of paved the way for doing this with marquee players and smart GMs have paid attention. Very few get the chance to follow suit, but I believe we will.

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(09-08-2023, 11:15 AM)JagFanatic24 Wrote: Expect $300 million folks

I'm hoping for even more on a longer term deal.

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