Main points are guaranteed money was reportedly circa $110 million. Average annual salary circa $35 million. 5 year contract.
Covid outbreak has impacted upon revenue and likely the salary cap for the next few years.
It was a fair offer.
No, it wasn't and COVID changes zero as we have seen with the deals signed by Pat, Garrett and others since this started.
Dak was ALREADY GTD 31.4M and it WILL cost 37.7M next year regardless of any cap draw down.
It will also cost 54M if they wanted to franchise him a 3rd time.
That deal was fair the day Wentz signed.
Maybe even the whole week.
Goff signed for 4 years 134M
Wentz 4 years 128M
Dak wanted 4 years 140M but a year and a half later AFTER those deals signed and after eating his final 750K season of his rookie deal that Goff/Wentz did not do.
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Anyone thinking Dak's ask was too high is simply wrong to the point of cap ignorance.
Once Dallas was locked in at 31.4M this year and 37.7M next year to keep his rights they had to buy those rights out.
Other teams did that re-signing them extending them early.
Dallas did not so has to pay full freight.
A fair contract for 5 years would have been 5 years 36M AAV 110M GTD .
That would have made him his exact same money in years 1 and 2 and GTD him another 40M for the 3rd year.
It would have allowed Dallas to spread those cap hits out and save 20M this year which could have been rolled over to cover next year's cap hit and/or any draw drawn they may face.
Dallas is stupid with a capital S in how they handled this entire deal.
Talking head idiots lying about it changes nothing.
Next year will be even more expensive and harder to get a deal done because the new base is 37.7M starting point.