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Strief Contract Restructured
Posted on 5/26/17 at 3:55 pm
Posted on 5/26/17 at 3:55 pm
Per Nicky: (Credit Roto for the write-up)
Pay raise to teach the Rammer
quote:
Saints RT Zach Strief has agreed to a restructured contract.
He's getting a well-deserved raise. Per Nick Underhill of the New Orleans Advocate, Strief's base salary for 2017 has been increased from $1 million to $1.7 million while his per game roster bonus was bumped up from $1.4 million to $1.7 million. Strief started every game at right tackle last season while earning PFF's No. 10 tackle grade out of 76 qualifiers.
Pay raise to teach the Rammer
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Posted on 5/26/17 at 4:11 pm to WhoDatTigahsTampa
One last nice payday for the big fella
Posted on 5/26/17 at 4:22 pm to fhsdemonfan3131
does he deserve it yes, but why? why now???
for all intent and purpose he is declining and would be getting replaced next year or the year after, if he left it wouldn't be any sort of crushing blow to the team although it would require a roster replacement for him.
I just don't view him "at this point" as being a player they "must keep" or the team suffers.
while I won't say "I do not like this" im not sure if they needed to do anything beyond letting him play out his contract and then move on.
for all intent and purpose he is declining and would be getting replaced next year or the year after, if he left it wouldn't be any sort of crushing blow to the team although it would require a roster replacement for him.
I just don't view him "at this point" as being a player they "must keep" or the team suffers.
while I won't say "I do not like this" im not sure if they needed to do anything beyond letting him play out his contract and then move on.
Posted on 5/26/17 at 4:26 pm to keakar
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why? why now???
I'd rather give it to him than Benson's greedy arse family. It ain't like we are signing any high dollar free agents.
Posted on 5/26/17 at 5:32 pm to WhoDatTigahsTampa
Not bad for a backup RT in 2017
Posted on 5/26/17 at 5:37 pm to WhoDatTigahsTampa
Probably give it to him now, he retires next year, and we save whatever cap
Posted on 5/26/17 at 5:58 pm to htran90
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Strief started every game at right tackle last season while earning PFF's No. 10 tackle grade out of 76 qualifiers.
Backup? Retire? He is 33, he likely has a few more years left in him. Guy like Andrew Whitworth is 35, for reference. Sure, there is no where to go but down. But damn, how soon do we forget how hard it was to find a reliable tackle.
Strief is totally taken for granted by our fans. im not sure there is a guy in the SP era that has been brushed off and almost disrespected as much as Strief. We are talking about a 7th Rd pick going into his 12th year with our organization, the last 5 or 6 which he has been our most consistent and often times best OL. shite, the last few years he has graded as one of the BEST in the league. He doesn't mouth off, get in trouble, and he's out and about in the city more than ANY other Saint probably ever. Not to mention he's investing his money in the city with the brewery.
If Carl frickin Nicks gets in the Saint HOF, Strief may very damn well get a statue out front.
Posted on 5/26/17 at 6:41 pm to GynoSandberg
People engrave the one bad game a year he has and take it for 16 
Posted on 5/26/17 at 7:09 pm to fhsdemonfan3131
quote:.
One last nice payday for the big fella
Seems so.
Posted on 5/26/17 at 7:10 pm to GynoSandberg
Damn well should 
Posted on 5/26/17 at 7:24 pm to GynoSandberg
Posted on 5/26/17 at 7:24 pm to WhoDatTigahsTampa
correction: pay raise if Ramcyzyk decides to quit
Posted on 5/26/17 at 9:02 pm to WhoDatTigahsTampa
Just to be clear because the wording is weird, it's not $1.7 mil per game in roster bonuses. It's $1.7 mil total that can be earned in per game roster bonuses (so slightly more than $100k per game).
His cap hit increased by $1 mil total ($700k raise in salary and $300k raise in roster bonuses). 2018 was untouched. In other words this was a straight million dollar raise.
Also well said Gyno.
Though I wouldn't bet on him sticking around after next year (and he may become a cap casualty before next year if Ramcyzk is the real deal).
His cap hit increased by $1 mil total ($700k raise in salary and $300k raise in roster bonuses). 2018 was untouched. In other words this was a straight million dollar raise.
Also well said Gyno.
Though I wouldn't bet on him sticking around after next year (and he may become a cap casualty before next year if Ramcyzk is the real deal).
This post was edited on 5/26/17 at 9:07 pm
Posted on 5/26/17 at 9:15 pm to GynoSandberg
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Backup? Retire? He is 33, he likely has a few more years left in him. Guy like Andrew Whitworth is 35
Except not everyone ages the same, plays the same, takes care of themselves the same. For all we know Strief can fall of a cliff. Just because Whitworth did it, does not mean Strief will.
It's not to say I hope that happens, I just don't think its a fair comparison.
Posted on 5/26/17 at 9:29 pm to WhoDatTigahsTampa
He is one big mofo who has anchored the right for awhile. If he has something left in the tank, pay him.
Posted on 5/26/17 at 9:56 pm to bonethug0108
quote:That's interesting. I wonder if there was a handshake deal in place that he'd be rewarded.
2018 was untouched. In other words this was a straight million dollar raise.
Posted on 5/26/17 at 10:14 pm to drizztiger
More likely just showing the young guys that hard work can and will be rewarded, plus Strief truly does deserve it. Guy is a model player who anyone should strive to be.
Posted on 5/27/17 at 1:20 am to bonethug0108
It is a per game roster bonus. So that does that go to the question I posed the other day about the 45 man roster to say that in Week 12 if he is inactive that he doesn't get the extra 100K.
If so it may be motivation for him to fight to remain at a high level through out the 2017 season. At some point Ramczyk may replace him, but if he does it should be that Ramczyk has raised his level not that Strief's has dropped.
If so it may be motivation for him to fight to remain at a high level through out the 2017 season. At some point Ramczyk may replace him, but if he does it should be that Ramczyk has raised his level not that Strief's has dropped.
Posted on 5/27/17 at 1:41 am to drizztiger
Seems like a handshake deal we give a raise this year he retires next
Posted on 5/27/17 at 7:01 am to fhsdemonfan3131
I don't think it's a handshake deal. I think it's is showing him he is still valued despite the drafting of first round tackles in the last couple years. He is one of Payton's most liked/respected players and is very tight with Drew. They thought he deserved a raise and gave him one to show him they still see him as an integral part of the team.
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