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A little bit on Romo at the end, some about Flacco, but mostly just a good article about teams suffering because of bad QB contracts.
The takeaway: never stop drafting QBs.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ack-mistakes-in-the-nfl-and-how-to-avoid-them
Excerpt:
So the Texans have buyer's remorse. The Bears have wasted several years. The Jets went from the toast of the Big Apple back to the gutter in a few months. The Ravens are unsweetened oatmeal.
But quarterbacks are gonna get paid, and paid a lot. Even the second-tier ones are destined for hefty deals. How does a team avoid an expensive setback at a position of high scarcity and absolute necessity?
Shorter contracts are a step in the right direction. Russell Wilson's contract is unlikely to cause anyone regrets because it comes to a hard stop in 2019; Luck's deal is also shorter and more front-loaded than those old Cutler-Flacco gut busters. Avoiding cap-credit shenanigans is also key: Extending a quarterback's contract to free cap space is no different than using one credit card to pay off another.
But most important, teams need to draft real quarterback prospects, even when they don't think they need them, and keep the development pipeline open at all times.
You may have noticed that the most expensive quarterback mistake of all is not on this list. Tony Romo's contract is practically a masterpiece of accounting science fiction after years of cap-management tomfoolery. If Romo had played this year, the Cowboys (like the Texans and Ravens) would probably be OK, though with a lingering sense they were falling short of their potential and facing down $70 million in unpaid bills.
Thanks to Dak Prescott, however, the Cowboys are the feel-good story of the year, with Romo retreating gracefully to the bench and his $20 million (yes, $20 million) in looming dead-money cap charges looking more like a major inconvenience than financial Armageddon.
The takeaway: never stop drafting QBs.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ack-mistakes-in-the-nfl-and-how-to-avoid-them
Excerpt:
So the Texans have buyer's remorse. The Bears have wasted several years. The Jets went from the toast of the Big Apple back to the gutter in a few months. The Ravens are unsweetened oatmeal.
But quarterbacks are gonna get paid, and paid a lot. Even the second-tier ones are destined for hefty deals. How does a team avoid an expensive setback at a position of high scarcity and absolute necessity?
Shorter contracts are a step in the right direction. Russell Wilson's contract is unlikely to cause anyone regrets because it comes to a hard stop in 2019; Luck's deal is also shorter and more front-loaded than those old Cutler-Flacco gut busters. Avoiding cap-credit shenanigans is also key: Extending a quarterback's contract to free cap space is no different than using one credit card to pay off another.
But most important, teams need to draft real quarterback prospects, even when they don't think they need them, and keep the development pipeline open at all times.
You may have noticed that the most expensive quarterback mistake of all is not on this list. Tony Romo's contract is practically a masterpiece of accounting science fiction after years of cap-management tomfoolery. If Romo had played this year, the Cowboys (like the Texans and Ravens) would probably be OK, though with a lingering sense they were falling short of their potential and facing down $70 million in unpaid bills.
Thanks to Dak Prescott, however, the Cowboys are the feel-good story of the year, with Romo retreating gracefully to the bench and his $20 million (yes, $20 million) in looming dead-money cap charges looking more like a major inconvenience than financial Armageddon.
