Ehh it wouldn't be that high. Watson's recent deal was nowhere close to that, and even with the baggage associated with him, I think most NFL teams would think Watson will have a longer career than Lamar.
not sure about best in history but a much better chance at the HOF
I disagree.
Fine by me. I'm just seeing no real basis for thinking any team is giving the Ravens like 10 draft picks and a bunch of players, plus giving Lamar $50M a year.
...and when Dallas had those picks, they used them to fortify a team that won 3 Super Bowls. I would take that in a hot minute. Emmitt Smith, Darren Woodson... That was a haul.
You are dreaming
Well I look at it much more simply... Watson and Lamar would basically be equals in terms of league-wide perception, compensation, and trade value, if Watson wasn't a serial sex offender. Like either side could make an easy argument that one is better than the other. And age obviously isn't a factor with either.
I cant stop staring at his lol
Well, I'm gonna chime in here just to have Ross tell me how I'm wrong or that it won't work.
I think we can sign Lamar. I want to. I agree with everyone here that he's a franchise QB; the best we've ever drafted - or the Browns lineage ever has too. Where I think we win is in offering a guaranteed contract like a Bobby Bonilla deal. We say, "Hey listen, Lamar, you're our guy. We hope we're your team. Let's do this: we're going to give you a guaranteed amount over the next 6 (7) years. It's not going to match the yearly of Mister Massage, but it will eclipse it over all. We wanna have the ability to keep a championship caliber team around you..." blah, blah, blah.
In the contract, as in baseball, after year 4 (5) there is arbitration. If he meets/exceeds performance criteria he can escalate the payday. The Ravens would have to remain vigilant in offering new deals to him to extend the life of the contract. But with a structure like that it might work.
What we can't have is his deal hamstringing the team overall. And if there is an injury and he can't be "Lamar," then there has to be a reasonable exit where he still gets paid and we aren't crippled by living up to it.
It could even be that we agree to yearly arbitration in years 1-5, but not 6-10 or vice versa. The agreement being that he remains in the top 5-8 als paid QB's in the league for the length of the contract. Be creative is all I'm saying.
And if he can't agree to any of that then send him to the Dolphins, Raiders, Skins, Texicans or whoever wants to pony up draft picks galore to get him and we'll go on without him.
...pay him a billion dollars over a billion years, like Bobby Bonilla got from the Mets. While he's retired, sitting on the NFL Gameday set when he's 50, he's still getting 125K from us with that cap hit on the 2054 team... something like that. It's like the 401K that keeps giving and giving and giving and bonilla-ing and bonilla-ing...
See, this is where us mere fans suffer! I don't know the total ins and outs, man, of the f@cking abilities these rich guys can pay their players!
So sign him to a 25 year contract that pays him a whatever the going rate is now. Something less than Doucheshawn Watson yearly, but overall a haul for Lamar.
You get where, I'm going, Ross? Think Bobby Bonilla...
I'm pretty sure what you're describing isn't allowed in the NFL. Arbitration, like you reference from MLB, isn't a real thing. It's used for player disputes over value, not for negotiating contracts.Well, I'm gonna chime in here just to have Ross tell me how I'm wrong or that it won't work.
I think we can sign Lamar. I want to. I agree with everyone here that he's a franchise QB; the best we've ever drafted - or the Browns lineage ever has too. Where I think we win is in offering a guaranteed contract like a Bobby Bonilla deal. We say, "Hey listen, Lamar, you're our guy. We hope we're your team. Let's do this: we're going to give you a guaranteed amount over the next 6 (7) years. It's not going to match the yearly of Mister Massage, but it will eclipse it over all. We wanna have the ability to keep a championship caliber team around you..." blah, blah, blah.
In the contract, as in baseball, after year 4 (5) there is arbitration. If he meets/exceeds performance criteria he can escalate the payday. The Ravens would have to remain vigilant in offering new deals to him to extend the life of the contract. But with a structure like that it might work.
What we can't have is his deal hamstringing the team overall. And if there is an injury and he can't be "Lamar," then there has to be a reasonable exit where he still gets paid and we aren't crippled by living up to it.
It could even be that we agree to yearly arbitration in years 1-5, but not 6-10 or vice versa. The agreement being that he remains in the top 5-8 als paid QB's in the league for the length of the contract. Be creative is all I'm saying.
And if he can't agree to any of that then send him to the Dolphins, Raiders, Skins, Texicans or whoever wants to pony up draft picks galore to get him and we'll go on without him.
Worth a look up for sure
