- Joined
- Mar 11, 2014
- Messages
- 4,912
- Reaction score
- 6,261
Ayo everybody, here I am with a new topic that i feel needs to be discussed in more detail.
Ive read a lot in these last weeks that our roster is faulty and in need of many pieces for us to become contenders again and Im here NOT to talk about this, but it correlates to it a lot to it, bc I really feel that the mentality of the forum seems a bit outdated
As usual, I'll be the first to say that, to mitigate this, we should have drafted a lot better in the years before, not including 2021. Im here to talk how we NEED to be more used to *close to* 8 digits contracts sooner, rather than later.
The cap is exploding. the NFL, this decade almost had 100% increase in the cap space, coming from a stable 120M-ish in 2008 from 2012 to 200+plus in only 10 years, even with a literal pandemonium happening. While its easy to see that top earners in every position are earning much more nowadays, this trickles down to all levels of free agency, except for rookies. Mediocre players will still demand mediocre payouts, but what is a mediocre payout when 10m is 5% of the cap?
With a limited amount of cash that each team has, it becomes much more important to see the percentage that each player/position demands, rather than the absolute value. 24M/2 for agholor seems like a lot, but what does the market says? Not including how well he was used, for a guy with his production potential, this seems like its the norm, rather than the exception. Just compare his salary to his peers that were signed last year (and this year).
TEs, which have always been underpaid, are now becoming premium pieces and the market shows. 12.5M is not gonna look like much for most of Henry and Smith*'s time here when its less than 5% of the cap for each, and we start seeing guys getting WR-like money, or getting closer to that Kittle salary.
All Im saying is, for us to attract high(ish)-talent, we need to pay according to the market. I think BB realized this last year and ever "bargain shopping" is gonna look more expansive than most years
*unless he keeps sucking hard
Ive read a lot in these last weeks that our roster is faulty and in need of many pieces for us to become contenders again and Im here NOT to talk about this, but it correlates to it a lot to it, bc I really feel that the mentality of the forum seems a bit outdated
As usual, I'll be the first to say that, to mitigate this, we should have drafted a lot better in the years before, not including 2021. Im here to talk how we NEED to be more used to *close to* 8 digits contracts sooner, rather than later.
The cap is exploding. the NFL, this decade almost had 100% increase in the cap space, coming from a stable 120M-ish in 2008 from 2012 to 200+plus in only 10 years, even with a literal pandemonium happening. While its easy to see that top earners in every position are earning much more nowadays, this trickles down to all levels of free agency, except for rookies. Mediocre players will still demand mediocre payouts, but what is a mediocre payout when 10m is 5% of the cap?
With a limited amount of cash that each team has, it becomes much more important to see the percentage that each player/position demands, rather than the absolute value. 24M/2 for agholor seems like a lot, but what does the market says? Not including how well he was used, for a guy with his production potential, this seems like its the norm, rather than the exception. Just compare his salary to his peers that were signed last year (and this year).
TEs, which have always been underpaid, are now becoming premium pieces and the market shows. 12.5M is not gonna look like much for most of Henry and Smith*'s time here when its less than 5% of the cap for each, and we start seeing guys getting WR-like money, or getting closer to that Kittle salary.
All Im saying is, for us to attract high(ish)-talent, we need to pay according to the market. I think BB realized this last year and ever "bargain shopping" is gonna look more expansive than most years
*unless he keeps sucking hard
Last edited: