Cas2800
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When you look at the QB's of the final 4 teams in the playoffs you have Purdy, Burrows, Hurts and Mahomes. Three of the four QB's are playing under their rookie contracts. Only Mahomes is making big money. No doubt Purdy, Burrows and Hurts will all cash in on their next contract but at what expense to the team? Is QB's like Dak, Rogers, Brady, Carr....ect worth 40 Million Dollars more than Purdy, Burrows and Hurts? HELL NO! How in the world did we get to the point where average QB are making 40 million Dollars PER YEAR?? Think how much 40 Million dollars really is. Now if there was no salary cap then by all means a GM he can pay a QB whatever he wants. But in a league of salary caps how can you justify paying 1/4 of your team's salary into 1 player? Something is broken!
When it comes to running backs......The days of giving a RB a second big contract should be over. We all no matter how great RB are when they come out of college, they very seldom worth the big money they are paid in the second contract. When you have a QB making 1/4 the of the team's salary, and you are paying a wore down RB a big salary you are pretty much doomed. When you're talking millions of dollars, who can say Zeke has been more productive than Pollard? Who can say Zeke's production was Millions of dollars over Malik Davis??
No doubt its time to let Zeke go, but what about Pollard? Do we sign him to a Multi-Million dollar contract or do we go with someone like Jerrick Mckinnon and Malik Davis and draft another RB in the 5th? Now of course these are just names in a hypothetical scenario. Let's face it all of them are PRO football players and damn good athletes, but at what price are you willing to pay when you have a limited bank account and 50 + others you have to pay? Is the 150.00 Tomahawk steak that much better than the 40.00 Ribeye when shopping on a 300.00 budget??
This is no way a shot at Dak or Zeke. It's more a question of are second contracts really worth the money these guys are paid? Far too often we see these guys get paid and they lose their drive or their bodies just cant handle the wear and tear.
When it comes to running backs......The days of giving a RB a second big contract should be over. We all no matter how great RB are when they come out of college, they very seldom worth the big money they are paid in the second contract. When you have a QB making 1/4 the of the team's salary, and you are paying a wore down RB a big salary you are pretty much doomed. When you're talking millions of dollars, who can say Zeke has been more productive than Pollard? Who can say Zeke's production was Millions of dollars over Malik Davis??
No doubt its time to let Zeke go, but what about Pollard? Do we sign him to a Multi-Million dollar contract or do we go with someone like Jerrick Mckinnon and Malik Davis and draft another RB in the 5th? Now of course these are just names in a hypothetical scenario. Let's face it all of them are PRO football players and damn good athletes, but at what price are you willing to pay when you have a limited bank account and 50 + others you have to pay? Is the 150.00 Tomahawk steak that much better than the 40.00 Ribeye when shopping on a 300.00 budget??
This is no way a shot at Dak or Zeke. It's more a question of are second contracts really worth the money these guys are paid? Far too often we see these guys get paid and they lose their drive or their bodies just cant handle the wear and tear.
