I think it's more the length of contract than the annual pay. For a 1, or maybe 2 year contract (or 1 and an option for 2) I could see a team paying well for Cook. Not like Zeke's last contract, but maybe $8 million/year or so. I don't think anyone will commit to that kind of money longer than a year or two though. Too much of a salary cap commitment.
I cant see anyone giving him more than a 2 year deal. The teams have all the leverage right now..... especially since there are so few that have cap space to pay him anything significant. so if you are the Cowboys, you say you arent interested due to money considerations only, but you make his people you are very interested if he doesnt get the money he is looking for. Think about it... signing a 1 year deal with a team like Dallas could allow him to have a very good season, leading to a 2 year deal next year when people have money to pay.
yep, and cook isnt 24. He is close to that age when teams have decided RBs break down.
Agreed
RBs after the 1st contract should be close to a year by year contract position.
Dallas paying TonyP $10 million this year.
they currently have 20 million in cap money... they could easily give cook 5 million for this year if they wanted to.
I mean true but he has the benefit of being head and shoulders better than anyone else available. So in his case he is the only one of his supply so there will be demand.
Shaq's net worth is $400 million. During his playing days, once his rookie deal was up, he earned between 10-27 million per year. I could live on 25% of that. Come to think of it, if I could go back in time, all that time I spent on the football field may have been better spent on the basketball court. No concussions and maybe my knees wouldn't beg for a quart of oil every morning these days. NBA players have it made compared to NFL players. You get paid a minimum of $950K for sitting at the end of the bench. 10-year vet minimum salary averages out at $2.7 million for a 10-year guy. How many RB's last 10 years? How many NFL players last 10 years?
Well yes.........but you have to think long term. The extensions will eat up most of that and you need some reserved going into the season.
umm context zeke played hurt and still somehow splitting carries got close to 900yards and 12 tds, hardly a big difference between him and cooks as you are trying to imply. He played a full season, zeke did not.
and like many others have said.... wpryy about next year, next year. The rams are in cap hell.... but they won a SB to do so. I it worth it???????????????
Heard on the radio "The Fan" they had a guest on (cant remeber the name) yesterday and he said it is already Filtered down to peewee football now, kids dont want to play RB like the years past. Crazy how fast this changed....
not at RB
