Mayo's contract details

[borg]

$9.7 mill / season on ave.
BostonHerald.com - Blogs: Rap Sheet» Blog Archive » Details of Patriots LB Jerod Mayo’s contract emerge… paying him an average of $9.7 million per year

 

[Betterthanmost]

Elite money right there. Hmm...

 

[patsfan-1982]

good player great leader but 10 million what is Welker going to get ?

 

[hodgey]

Man I like Mayo but not for 10 mil per. At that money you need to be an impact game changing type player not just solid.

 

[tatepatsfan]

In my opinion, he is one of the top 5 ILB in the game. Maybe I'll get disagreement on that, but I stick to it.

I think he's one of the 3 critical pieces to our defense in the long term: Mayo, Wilfork and McCourty (not in any order). McCourty isn't at their level yet, but he's clearly our best CB. To now all 3 locked up for a while is critical. Now we can pursue needs at other positions.

 

[Huckleberry1]

In my opinion, he is one of the top 5 ILB in the game. Maybe I'll get disagreement on that, but I stick to it.

I think he's one of the 3 critical pieces to our defense in the long term: Mayo, Wilfork and McCourty (not in any order). McCourty isn't at their level yet, but he's clearly our best CB. To now all 3 locked up for a while is critical. Now we can pursue needs at other positions.

I see both Chung and McCourty as keys but otherwise I agree completely. The Patriots are smart with money so i don't worry at all when they make a deal like this, if anything i'm more critical of them for lowballing from time to time, but overall they are great at keeping the players they want the most. Seymour is really the only player they really didn't want to lose from a talent perspective that they have had to get rid of and he brought them Solder, and they weren't going to be able to re-sign him because he wanted out, they're lucky he didn't hit free agency because he'd probably have ended up a jet so he could stick it to Belichik as often as possible.

 

[plk]

$9.7 mill / season on ave.

Once again, the Krafts have demonstrated just how cheap they are.

 

[BaltimorePatsFan]

Could have kept Seymour with that kind of money.

 

[patchick]

If I read that correctly it's a pure extension, so that's the annual figure starting in 2013. The big $$ could be interpreted as a projection of significant cap growth later in the decade, which would be interesting. Or perhaps it's just the kind of premium you have to pay to lock up a potential elite FA 2 years early -- a scenario Pats fans aren't accustomed to looking at.

Regardless, QB of the Patriots defense is a tough position to fill. Very glad to have this stability going forward.

 

[BradyManny]

QB of the defense may be the toughest position to fill in theory - but, AFAI, there has been no discernible drop-off in the defense in Mayo's absence either of the last two seasons.

I do think this is a case where Belichick is overpaying a little bit to get a guy with great character & leadership traits. I mean this as no disrespect to one of my favorite players on the team, but Mayo is not elite in any one category of the game. Mayo's deal is richer than Patrick Willis' in terms of average value, and by no means is Mayo in his league - and again, that is no discredit to him.

But the reality is, this contract is so backloaded based on the looks of it, that it isn't as steep as it seems. Nor is it so huge when we consider the TV deals will kick in mid-way through, and by then, $10 million a year might not be elite LB money.

 

[Sciz]

Could have kept Seymour with that kind of money.

Pretty sure Seymour is the highest paid defender in the NFL right now...

 

[mgcolby]

Man I like Mayo but not for 10 mil per. At that money you need to be an impact game changing type player not just solid.

The guys numbers are on par with Willis and Lewis, so I'm not sure it gets more impact then those two. IMO, he is one of the top 3-4 MLB in the game and is now showing what he can do in a 4-3, along with showing his versatility. When Spikes gets back and takes over the 4-3 Mike and Mayo can play the Will full time his impact will become more noticable to the average fan. I think we have seen some of that with Fletcher manning the Mike.

 

[patchick]

Could have kept Seymour with that kind of money.

Seymour was set to be a UFA in 2010, and is currently raking in $15 million/year. But the Patriots "could have kept him" by offering a $10 million/year contract that starts in 2013? :confused3:

(To refresh your memory, the Patriots spent their money in 2010 on new long-term deals for Brady and Wilfork.)

 

[DarrylS]

Do not think these numbers are outrageous for a guy with his skillset....

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

The contract is pretty much on par with the contract that Jon Beason signed. The actual cap numbers are not bad. He got a decent amount of up front money, good for him.

Again, the pats take care of one of their own. That is a smart way of doing business. This way the young guys in the locker room can look around and see that if you perform, the Pats will pay you.

 

[satz]

I do not understand the whole 10 million is too much ...can you name 1 team currently in cap hell.....the cap is going to keep climbing up and up with the television deal for 2014. players getting 55% of that and also the new CBA the owners have agreed at that point to go up to 98% as cap floor.

Mayo got a good contract but nothing big when you look at the cap floor moving forward.
2014 if the cap floor is 150-160 million and paying one of your top5 elite player 10 million a year is nothing big.,..... add in the rookie scale to the above too.

satz

 

[JackBauer]

Congratulations to him. He's well worth the money, and I'm thrilled he'll be a Patriot for the foreseeable future.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Getting this done now makes it much easier to get Welker done as the tag will buy them any time they need to get a long term deal done. It's always good to see them lock up their best players early.

 

[mgcolby]

QB of the defense may be the toughest position to fill in theory - but, AFAI, there has been no discernible drop-off in the defense in Mayo's absence either of the last two seasons.

I do think this is a case where Belichick is overpaying a little bit to get a guy with great character & leadership traits. I mean this as no disrespect to one of my favorite players on the team, but Mayo is not elite in any one category of the game. Mayo's deal is richer than Patrick Willis' in terms of average value, and by no means is Mayo in his league - and again, that is no discredit to him.

But the reality is, this contract is so backloaded based on the looks of it, that it isn't as steep as it seems. Nor is it so huge when we consider the TV deals will kick in mid-way through, and by then, $10 million a year might not be elite LB money.

That is not true. I think Willis is the best LB in the league, but Mayo is in his company. What seperates Willis from the rest, is his sideline to sideline speed. Willis also has the luxery of playing in a one gap 3-4 that allows him to blitz and get into the backfield, something Mayo rarely gets to do.

Willis and Mayo are two great linebackers playing in two different systems that require them to do two different things and they both do it a very high level.

 

[hodgey]

I think that kind of money should be reserved for a linebacker that consistantly shoots through the gaps and makes impactfull hits and tackles at or behind the line of scrimmage, can pass defend, blitz etc. Again I like mayo but I'm not impressed with a kazzillion tackles all 4+ yards down the field. Guys like Lewis, Willis, beason, Villmer consistantly make impactful plays for stops and or negative or no yardage. Its either a crappy scheme or just a solid, but not premier Mayo. Take your pick