Christian Watson gets 110.5 million extension

[mgteich]

Why? No need to protect idiots from their own idiocy.

The League has a hard cap. That’s good enough.

I agree.

If the players want to put caps on the compensation of certain positions, they can certainly do that when the NFL contract comes up.

Certainly, caps would favor the vast majority of union members.

In any case, teams that consistently overpay top players will always have less for their other players, usually making them less competitive.

As an aside, teams with cap discipline will do very well if other teams continue to pay more and more.

We talk about setting the market as if once an outrageous amount is paid, other teams will be forced to pay the same or more. That simply isn't the case.

 

[Drunken Cicerone]

Watson is such a redundant piece for Green Bay, You could have Wicks, Reed or Holden fill his roll just as easily. Idiotic overpay

 

[BTTA]

$110m is misleading. Only $31m in guarantees. Plus it doesn't go into effect until next year so the Pack are holding him to $5.75 this year. Average over the next 5 years is a little over $23m AAV.

Stupid contract.

Doubs is more expensive

 

[rochrist]

Doubs is more expensive

Also nearly double the production of Watson over the past four years.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Doubs is more expensive

How is Doubs more expensive at 17 than Watson at 23?

 

[RxJock1120]

Stupid contract.

But as another poster correctly pointed out, only 31M is guaranteed, so really not nearly as bad of a deal as the headline would have you believe.

 

[Family]

Doubs is more expensive

How is Doubs more expensive at 17 than Watson at 23?

Contracts are only worth the guaranteed money.

Doubs contract is essentially 2 years at 35 million, which is more than Watson. The only way Doubs gets more than that is if he outplays the contract.

Anymore than guaranteed money on a contract is actually team friendly. They hold the cards on how to handle the remainder of the contract, not the player.

 

[mgteich]

Contracts are only worth the guaranteed money.

Doubs contract is essentially 2 years at 35 million, which is more than Watson. The only way Doubs gets more than that is if he outplays the contract.

Anymore than guaranteed money on a contract is actually team friendly. They hold the cards on how to handle the remainder of the contract, not the player.

Only the bonus is guaranteed. He will also get another $4M in 2026.

At ny given point the only dead money is the unamortized portion of the signing bonus. One could consider this a one year contract for $35M and an ongoing team option at $19M or so a year.