Cam Newton extension: Five years more than 100+ million. Fully guaranteed?

[DFWJC]

That's what I was thinking...about 100 mil with 50-60 guaranteed.
Wow

 

[Hoofbite]

Shocker. It's not fully guaranteed.

 

[DFWJC]

Just as expected...about 100 mil with 50-60 guaranteed.

I recall some of the whining going on around here when Romo signed his deal a couple of years ago.
If you go by average per year, Romo is now 11th.

 

[AzorAhai]

Just as expected...about 100 mil with 50-60 guaranteed.

I recall some of the whining going on around here when Romo signed his deal a couple of years ago.
If you go by average per year, Romo is now 11th.

People just complained because it was Romo, then add in the projected cap hits and it just added to the overpaid fallacy. Romo has been underpaid almost his entire career and its becoming more apparent with each new deal. Just wait until "Russell "Bus Driver" Wilson gets his new deal or Luck gets his for that matter.

 

[65fastback2plus2]

#tonyromoischeap

 

[Keifer]

Honestly,they should have let him go.

Get another qb in the draft.

I agree. He is talented but he hasn't shown he can be the guy to lead his team anywhere. He seems to pout and crawl into a shell when things get rough, not the kind of guy I would mortgage the team for. I would rather give the money to someone like Russell Wilson, he might be a bus driver but at least he has proven he can handle the moment and drove the bus to the Superbowl.

 

[cowboyblue22]

with Wilson winning super bowl his deal will be a lot more I would think maybe not

 

[GroundZero1970]

And everyone in Seattle just crapped themselves haha

 

[Aven8]

Well good. Now comes the 2nd phase in his career where he learns how to be an accurate passer.....he can throw it a mile, but can't hit the big red barn!

 

[Hoofbite]

People just complained because it was Romo, then add in the projected cap hits and it just added to the overpaid fallacy. Romo has been underpaid almost his entire career and its becoming more apparent with each new deal. Just wait until "Russell "Bus Driver" Wilson gets his new deal or Luck gets his for that matter.

Romo hasn't been underpaid. Contract totals always increase. Comparing contracts written 5 or 7 years apart is pointless.

 

[65fastback2plus2]

Romo hasn't been underpaid. Contract totals always increase. Comparing contracts written 5 or 7 years apart is pointless.

of course he has. he knew the market was going up, his agent knew the market was going up...everyone knew the cap was increasing....and he still signed. he chose to be underpaid.

 

[AzorAhai]

Romo hasn't been underpaid. Contract totals always increase. Comparing contracts written 5 or 7 years apart is pointless.

Romo has signed a below market deal BOTH times he extended. He's been a top 5 QB at minimum and could have easily got bigger contracts if he wanted from the Cowboys or someone else if he was set on getting it.

Peyton signed a 7 year 99.2 million deal in 2003, Vick signed a 10 year 130 million in 2004, JaMarcus Russell signed a 6 year 61 million deal in 2007. Romo could have gotten longer security and more money if that was his goal with his 1st deal. His latest extension averages 18 million per season, which even when he signed was less than market value which was demonstrated by other teams and QBs around the same time. He has been underpaid his entire career.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Shocker. It's not fully guaranteed.

Funny how that works out isn't it?

 

[big dog cowboy]

And everyone in Seattle just crapped themselves haha

It think it's probably worse than that. Unless your name is Russell Wilson.

 

[Hoofbite]

Romo has signed a below market deal BOTH times he extended. He's been a top 5 QB at minimum and could have easily got bigger contracts if he wanted from the Cowboys or someone else if he was set on getting it.

Peyton signed a 7 year 99.2 million deal in 2003, Vick signed a 10 year 130 million in 2004, JaMarcus Russell signed a 6 year 61 million deal in 2007. Romo could have gotten longer security and more money if that was his goal with his 1st deal. His latest extension averages 18 million per season, which even when he signed was less than market value which was demonstrated by other teams and QBs around the same time. He has been underpaid his entire career.

Russell basically couldn't have signed for any less. He was the #1 pick under the old draft system. That system wasn't based at all on "market value", which is why it had to go.

Vick was obviously a stupid signing, but it's not like all the CBs in the NFL are, or were, underpaid because DeAngelo Hall signed with Oakland for like $72M almost 7 years ago.

Haynesworth's stupid contract a couple years ago didn't instantly make all the more productive players at his position underpaid overnight.

One, two, or three teams paying far ABOVE market value over the course of a handful of years doesn't instantly make any better player at their position "underpaid".

Peyton signed a deal that averaged $14M. Since then the cost has gone up and even as an old man he's getting more than that contract gave him per year.

If Romo is underpaid at $18M/year, then Brees ($20M/year), Manning ($17M), Brady, Rivers ($15.3M), and probably even Rodgers ($22M) are all also underpaid.

Basically...everyone is underpaid? Are there any QBs who are actually paid what they are worth?

 

[Nightman]

Shocker. It's not fully guaranteed.

One of these QBs is going to get a fully guaranteed for injury contract pretty soon.

It is always a game of topping the last guy.

The yearly average may go down but the guarantee will go up.

A traditionally bad franchise with a good young QB may have to do it to lock him down.

 

[Nightman]

Romo hasn't been underpaid. Contract totals always increase. Comparing contracts written 5 or 7 years apart is pointless.

Romo took less than market value.

He basically signed a 4 year 68m extension. That's 17m a year.

Even if gets the last 40m that only gets him to 20m for 2 years.

 

[Hoofbite]

Romo took less than market value.

He basically signed a 4 year 68m extension. That's 17m a year.

Even if gets the last 40m that only gets him to 20m for 2 years.

And we could knock off any arbitrary number of years we like for any contract to bring the yearly average down.

Not sure why we would do that, but I guess we could.

 

[Nightman]

And we could knock off any arbitrary number of years we like for any contract to bring the yearly average down.

Not sure why we would do that, but I guess we could.

Because you know how NFL contracts work but don't ever want to admit you might be wrong

 

[SkinsandTerps]

22M a year is underpaid ?

Shut the front door.