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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Say what you want about gm Belichick but that’s three starting qbs in the nfl and some backups.
Don’t you dare bring reason into this thread!!!The Colts bought short term stability at a critical position during a time of extreme organizational flux.
What’s the issue?
Brissett is no longer a lame duck
Brissett has an opportunity to prove himself without pending job insecurity.
The Colts organization has made a demonstration of faith that will hopefully give him greater standing in the huddle.
In other words they like Brissett and they believe this team is in a winning window right now.
OK Ultraviolet Thunder, lmaoA guy worth about a $5M last week is worth $28M for the 2020 season (2-year extension REPLACES old contract and gives an additional year at $28M.)
Brissett is now paid more than Tom Brady and more than Andrew Luck was scheduled to make.
The story is that this an “early franchise tag,” except that $20M is guaranteed, so if he flops (or say, goes 4-12 again), the Colts are now chained to this contract and likely can’t be in the QB market until at least 2021. Meanwhile, it underscores that the franchise tag would have in fact been an option if this was the route they wanted to go at the time. In other words, there is zero reason to take this risk. Seems that Ballard has finally come around to seeing things the Colt way.
Jacoby Brissett basically gets the franchise tag early
Let's say Jacoby goes out and -- *gasp* -- wins the Super Bowl this season. Even in that unlikely scenario, I can't see the Colts having to pay him anymore than $30-32M for 2020 in a new contract. Paying a guy $28M without seeing how he fares, from my perspective, is absurd.A guy worth about a $5M last week is worth $28M for the 2020 season (2-year extension REPLACES old contract and gives an additional year at $28M.)
Brissett is now paid more than Tom Brady and more than Andrew Luck was scheduled to make.
The story is that this an “early franchise tag,” except that $20M is guaranteed, so if he flops (or say, goes 4-12 again), the Colts are now chained to this contract and likely can’t be in the QB market until at least 2021. Meanwhile, it underscores that the franchise tag would have in fact been an option if this was the route they wanted to go at the time. In other words, there is zero reason to take this risk. Seems that Ballard has finally come around to seeing things the Colt way.
Jacoby Brissett basically gets the franchise tag early
Why wouldn't they trade with teams looking to dump good players with large contracts? Paying Jacoby more money doesn't improve their team in any such way.NFL teams have a minimum percentage they need to spend over five years and, with all that cap room, the Colts can’t be close to it right now. They NEED to burn money right now. Good for Mr Brissett.
These low contracts help to keep Brady hungry as a player. I mean, Jacoby and Jimmy must be better players because of those more lucrative contracts.Patriots had 3 starting calibre QBs on the 2017 pre-season roster.
Pats kept the best one and pay him the least
Isn't $30M for 2 years the equivalent of $15M per season?Paying a guy $28M without seeing how he fares, from my perspective, is absurd.
If anything, I'm not sure why the Colts didn't offer him a 2 year deal at 15-20M per season. That way, you can restructure and extend for more if he succeeds. And if he plays adequate to good, you could also deal him at that salary to a team looking for a short term solution. The other, saner option would be to do nothing.
I'm still not sure why they aren't going into tank mode (despite some others saying they've still got lots of talent). From my perspective, swallow the poison pill of the Luck situation and do a full reset. Dump their best players for picks, take on large contracts from other teams for picks, extend young talent to modest contracts and then deal them for picks. Basically, you aren't going to win it all with Jacoby anytime soon so just keep churning the roster for picks.And with their cap space, they won't feel a thing. So while I would LOVE to be as smug as the rest of you, doesn't sound too dumb to me.
Time to trade that young defense if they won't tank.Crazy, this team is absolutely going for Lawrence in 2021. They dont want to suck for Tua, they want Lawrence. Doubt their young defense gets on board with that.
As far as I understand the original post, it would seem Jacoby will get $28M total in 2020 if he plays. The original post states, "2-year extension REPLACES old contract and gives an additional year at $28M." If I misunderstood, then this isn't a bad deal if it means they can flip him later. But if they are going to pay him $28M in 2020, that is far too much at this stage.Isn't $30M for 2 years the equivalent of $15M per season?