re: Tyrod Taylor just got paid; 6 year $90M extension

Posted by beauchristopher

Member since Jan 2008

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Posted on 8/12/16 at 1:32 pm to oncealurker

Will never understand why Brees, who was severely underpaid all those seasons.. took so much backlash for being a 100 million quarterback when basically any starter is a 100 million QB.. it's the going rate. they have some really average QBs at the 100 million mark..

Brees over the past few seasons.. and one season he played through injury and he's only missed one game in a season.

2015
#1 in passing yards in the entire NFL
#7 in TDs
68.3% completion percentage

2014
#1 in passing yards in the entire NFL
#5 in TDs
#1 in completion percentage at a ridiculous 69.2%

2013
#2 in passing yards, broke 5k, second only because Manning was downright ridiculous
#2 in passing TDs, again only 2nd to Manning who had the most amazing season
68.6% competion percentage, higher than Manning

2012
#1 in passing yards, broke 5k
#1 in TDs with a ridiculous 43 passing TDs

2011
#1 in passing yards, broke 5k big time
#1 in TDs, with a ridiculous 46 TDs
# in completion percentage with a ridiculous 71.2%

He has put up such incredible stats and at least earns his money and even plays through injury. After that 2011 season, I believe he signed his 100 million dollar contract.. compared to most.. I'd say he has earned his pay.. Given the current scale for basically average NFL starters..

Any ways, congrats to Tyrod Taylor. I have no issue with it.

I just say all this, because of how much shite Brees took for his contract, yet average QBs are getting ridiculous contracts and they haven't even proven themselves like Brees had prior.. He earned his pay on his contributions prior.

This post was edited on 8/12/16 at 1:34 pm

Posted by wildtigercat93

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Posted on 8/12/16 at 1:35 pm to beauchristopher

Brees was the first one to be 100 million dollar QB I believe. He reset the market

Posted by c on z

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Posted on 8/12/16 at 1:36 pm to Goldrush25

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Why are people laughing? This is what starting QBs cost.

No one here likes Tyrod.

Posted by wildtigercat93

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Posted on 8/12/16 at 1:37 pm to Goldrush25

quote:
is what starting QBs cost.

Would you really want to commit long term to Tyrod Taylor? Why are teams so afraid of losing marginal QB starters in the league? Afraid you'll lose the magic that made you go 7-9/8-8 last year?

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Posted by hendersonshands

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Posted on 8/12/16 at 1:38 pm to wildtigercat93

Wasn't Eli the first?

Posted by Jcorye1

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Posted on 8/12/16 at 1:39 pm to oncealurker

That's what starting QBs cost.

Posted by sunnydaze

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Posted on 8/12/16 at 1:40 pm to oncealurker

This post was edited on 8/12/16 at 1:41 pm

Posted by LSUballs

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Posted on 8/12/16 at 1:41 pm to oncealurker

I saw where his brother You Joint tweeted that he was happy.

Posted by wildtigercat93

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Posted on 8/12/16 at 1:42 pm to Jcorye1

Yeah, but you don't HAVE to pay them that. Let him ride out his last year of his contract, if he shows out then franchise tag him, then see if he's foreeal or just Fitzpatrick 2.0. In the mean time get some young QB talent to develop and build your entire roster that can win despite QB talent and if he walks as a mid 30s QB, who cares? You probably got the best years of his career for scraps

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Posted by shel311

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Posted on 8/12/16 at 1:49 pm to wildtigercat93

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Let him ride out his last year of his contract, if he shows out then franchise tag him, then see if he's foreeal or just Fitzpatrick 2.0

And if he's for real, now you have to pay him 6 years/$120+mil or lose a good QB.

Also, without knowing the guaranteed portion, the $90mil is irrelevant. For example:

quote:
Ian Rapoport of NFL Network confirmed the financial details. He added Taylor's deal is fully guaranteed in 2016 but has a lot of "prove it" after that.

This post was edited on 8/12/16 at 1:50 pm

Posted by StrongBackWeakMind

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Posted on 8/12/16 at 1:51 pm to shel311

I would guess it's similar to the Kaep deal. Short-term guarantee and then year-to-year at an average-to-below starting QB annual cost.

This post was edited on 8/12/16 at 1:52 pm

Posted by UncleRuckus

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Posted on 8/12/16 at 1:54 pm to oncealurker

Appearantly I'm in the minority in thinking that's a pretty good deal for the Bills. 15mil/year for a solid Qb is cheap IMO

Posted by StrongBackWeakMind

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Posted on 8/12/16 at 1:55 pm to wildtigercat93

Assuming it's like the Kaep deal where it turns into a year-to-year contract, what's the downside of the contract for the Bills? If he sucks, cut him. If he's good, you have a starting QB for 15mil/year.

Posted by castorinho

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Posted on 8/12/16 at 1:57 pm to wildtigercat93

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Would you really want to commit long term to Tyrod Taylor?

long term? Why are you talking like someone who doesn't know how nfl contracts work.

Posted by Goldrush25

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Posted on 8/12/16 at 2:04 pm to wildtigercat93

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Would you really want to commit long term to Tyrod Taylor?

Depends of the guarantee. If the guaranteed number is around $45m then that's essentially a 3 year contract with the remainder of the deal basically being team option years. That's not unreasonable.

No upper echelon QB is going to hit the market. I think as far as QB goes you just need one that's good enough. I think Taylor makes that grade.

This post was edited on 8/12/16 at 2:06 pm

Posted by shel311

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Posted on 8/12/16 at 2:05 pm to UncleRuckus

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Appearantly I'm in the minority in thinking that's a pretty good deal for the Bills. 15mil/year for a solid Qb is cheap IMO

I mean, if it were actually 6 years and $90mil, it's a risk to gamble with 6 years on Tyrod Taylor.

But this isn't the NBA or MLB, so it's obviously going to be structured in such a way, that it's not a risk for 6 years.

Posted by TheCaterpillar

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Posted on 8/12/16 at 2:07 pm to SwaggerCopter

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I remember the first time I saw him. He came in at the end of the LSU blowout of VT in Tiger Stadium. Little did I know he would be a future NFL QB.

And he looked awesome.

Posted by NoSaint

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Posted on 8/12/16 at 2:18 pm to wildtigercat93

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Would you really want to commit long term to Tyrod Taylor

initial reports are that its structured to cost as little as 10m to get out of next year if this year flops.