He got paid based on one solid year of production. Now if you want to give him credit for signing a deal this early than I'd do that but with his injury history I'm not sure if it was wise to bet on himself like that anyway. But based on one solid year of production yeah he got about what you can expect. It wasn't a bargain deal he gave them based on his production. Based on his ceiling and where we think he will be in a few years? Probably so.
Ok but what on earth does any of this have to do with my post? My post said nothing about the contract Dak should get lol. And the reports came out that Dak and his camp did not ask for 40 million.
And yeah of course he got paid based on his future. Of course he did. That's exactly what I Was saying lol.
Naw man he was bad. I get why he was bad. He was coming off a injury that probably should've ended his career. Its no shot at him by any means. HE honestly shouldn't have even been playing and definitely shouldn't have been starting while we were in contention. He That's how bad he was that first year he played.
Well if you are going to use stats like touchdowns to determine how good someone is then why not also use the fact one of those guys had Norv Turner, another had Sean McVey and another had........Scott Linehan. I'll let you decipher who had which. Should be pretty obvious by the touchdowns.
When you look at the whole picture, it easy to see a steady upward trajectory in performance out of Smith. That improvement correlates very obviously with his recovery from nerve damage. Add into that he is 24, 2 or 3 years away from his athletic peak, and it should be similarly obvious how he projects.
His injury history is one injury of note and a remarkable recovery from it. There is no reason to believe that he is any more likely to get hurt than any other LB and at the same time he projects to recover from any injuries well and ahead of expectations. He's done it before.
The next 5 years project to be his best years as a pro given his age. Of course that is why they are paying him and that is as it should be. Paying for past performance in the Not For Long is bad business.
As for his 2017 season, he was slated to be brought along slowly in a backup role. Lee and Hitchens got hurt and he was forced to play more than i think anyone would have liked. That being said it wasn't all bad.
