The Random Thought Thread

[UPennChem]

Just as a fun exercise rank which of these 4 scenarios is most likely to win this year's and this year's superbowl only.

1 The ravens as is right now.
2 Th saints as is right now.
3 The ravens if you swapped Lamar and Ingram for Brees and Thomas all else held constant.
4 The saints if you swapped Brees and Thomas for Lamar and Ingram all else held constant.

 

[RavensMania]

Just as a fun exercise rank which of these 4 scenarios is most likely to win this year's and this year's superbowl only.

1 The ravens as is right now.
2 Th saints as is right now.
3 The ravens if you swapped Lamar and Ingram for Brees and Thomas all else held constant.
4 The saints if you swapped Brees and Thomas for Lamar and Ingram all else held constant.

I'm going with option number 1. I'm not changing a thing...

 

[redrum52]

We extended Peters

 

[Adreme]

We extended Peters

I cannot believe how large of a discount he took. He could've made far more on the open market.

 

[redrum52]

I cannot believe how large of a discount he took. He could've made far more on the open market.

Perfect deal for us and it's front loaded. No complaints.

 

[Rusfan]

Anyone up for Joe Thuney if the Pats don’t re-sign him?

 

[rossihunter2]

I cannot believe how large of a discount he took. He could've made far more on the open market.

my guess is the 3 years was the important bit - he gets nearly 75% of the contract guaranteed at a competitive rate but also gets to hit the market again before he gets to 30 years old... guessing the slight discount was something to do with that

 

[ravenslord]

I cannot believe how large of a discount he took. He could've made far more on the open market.

Some people like winning . Lamar will do the same when his rookie contract is up.

Lamar wants to win and if it requires taking less , he will do what Tom Brady has done and take less to keep important players. I'd bet the house on it.

 

[RavensMania]

I cannot believe how large of a discount he took. He could've made far more on the open market.

I was expecting 15m average, but a big part of this deal was the guaranteed money (32m overall) and the 20.5 million in the first year. Not only that, he will only be 29 when he hits free agency.

 

[Tank]

my guess is the 3 years was the important bit - he gets nearly 75% of the contract guaranteed at a competitive rate but also gets to hit the market again before he gets to 30 years old... guessing the slight discount was something to do with that

That and he can’t tackle. lol

 

[Tank]

Some people like winning . Lamar will do the same when his rookie contract is up.

Lamar wants to win and if it requires taking less , he will do what Tom Brady has done and take less to keep important players. I'd bet the house on it.

Brady took a bit less because his wife is a billionaire, he doesn’t need money.

 

[rossihunter2]

That and he can’t tackle. lol

has nothing to do with any discount... he'd get way more on the open market despite the tackling

 

[ravenslord]

Brady took a bit less because his wife is a billionaire, he doesn’t need money.

And Lamar won’t need much either after the endorsement contracts roll in for multimillions.

 

[Tank]

has nothing to do with any discount... he'd get way more on the open market despite the tackling

American humor. ;-)

 

[rossihunter2]

 

[Tank]

He can buy a few more of those $14k Budweisers without worry.

 

[RL52TheGreatest]

So glad we locked up Peters for a few more years! Love the swag that he brings to the defense.

 

[rossihunter2]

He can buy a few more of those $14k Budweisers without worry.

love that ingram asked if he paid for the food lol

 

[Adreme]

Some people like winning . Lamar will do the same when his rookie contract is up.

Lamar wants to win and if it requires taking less , he will do what Tom Brady has done and take less to keep important players. I'd bet the house on it.

Tom Brady does not take less because he likes winning, he takes less because his wife makes 3x what he does and even if he took every penny Brady would still make less than half what his wife does. Lamar will probably get 40m and that will still be considered a discount

I was expecting 15m average, but a big part of this deal was the guaranteed money (32m overall) and the 20.5 million in the first year. Not only that, he will only be 29 when he hits free agency.

I wonder if that means the contract is frontloaded or if it means that they just made the signing bonus rather large.

 

[SaltyDog]

Some people like winning . Lamar will do the same when his rookie contract is up.

Lamar wants to win and if it requires taking less , he will do what Tom Brady has done and take less to keep important players. I'd bet the house on it.

Allot can happen between now and then but if he stays on the same trajectory he’s gonna get some stupid money thrown at him. The ravens will have pay up to keep him, but to your point I believe he would take less to help with cap space if it meant staying competitive as a team.