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re: No way Dak turned down 30M/year from DAL right? UPDATE: Wants 40M

Posted on 8/12/19 at 2:05 pm to
Posted by brmark70816
Atlanta, GA
Member since Feb 2011
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Posted on 8/12/19 at 2:05 pm to
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The question is, should a top 5 pick who got $25 million guaranteed give any of it back if he plays like trash?


Do you think that doesn't factor into negotiation on their next contract? If they way underperformed, they aren't going to get market value even if they are an average starter. They generally have to seek a contract somewhere else. If you want to keep a guy like Prescott, you are going to have to somewhat make it up to him and maybe overpay him a bit now. I believe that is fair. Otherwise, they need to let him go and get as much as he can somewhere else and not bitch about it when he does. But let's be honest, they are f'd without him this season. So they need to bite the bullet and do this..

Prescott is going to earn 2M this season. Kirk Cousins will get 27.5M. How is that fair?
Posted by StupidBinder
Jawja
Member since Oct 2017
6392 posts
Posted on 8/12/19 at 2:15 pm to
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Do you think that doesn't factor into negotiation on their next contract?

No, no I don’t. I’ve never seen evidence of this happening and I’m not understanding why you believe it would....other than you believe it’s “fair”.
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If they way underperformed, they aren't going to get market value even if they are an average starter.

Of course they will. They’ll either get “average player market value” from their team or in FA. Where have you ever seen a highly drafted player who turned out to be average get less than market value for an average player simply because he wasn’t as great as everyone though coming out of college?
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If you want to keep a guy like Prescott, you are going to have to somewhat make it up to him and maybe overpay him a bit now.

No they don’t. They need to pay him market. Nobody does this.
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Otherwise, they need to let him go and get as much as he can somewhere

I’d wager that no one in the league is going to pay Dak Prescott $30MM a year.

Only the top five QBs are earning that much currently. Are we supposed to believe Dak is a top 5 QB?
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Prescott is going to earn 2M this season. Kirk Cousins will get 27.5M. How is that fair?

Is it “fair” that Tom Brady is earning less than about 10 other QBs?

Is it “fair” that Matt Stafford went years as the highest paid QB?

Why is “fair” relevant here? Cousins played on a rookie deal just like everyone else has and just like Dak is doing currently. He didn’t get back pay.
This post was edited on 8/12/19 at 2:51 pm
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
57531 posts
Posted on 8/12/19 at 3:55 pm to
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Prescott is going to earn 2M this season. Kirk Cousins will get 27.5M. How is that fair?



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