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spagsbacker
I just cannot get on board with ignoring the fact we are bickering between $20 million per year and $23 million per year. The amount of $ is absurd, and anyone who denies this should reconsider.
You may not like the sound of 20+ M but that has nothing to do with how the NFL 2nd contract market works,
It goes up every year. Look at qbs. In 2015 Wilson signed for 22 M a year. In 2016 Luck signed for 24.6 M. In 2017 Carr signed for 25 M. In 2018 Cousins signed for 28 M.
Okay so it goes up.
Donald is being ranked as one of the 2-3 best defenders in the league and that is how he will be paid. That's even according to Demoff.
The last relevant contract having to do with such a ranking was Von MIller in 2016, who signed for 19 M.
Just to get an idea, even though it's not really strict this way (but let's pretend for a minute it is), one way to look at it is to measure percentages of increase by using the qb numbers. So what is the percentage difference between 2016 and 2018? That's 24.6 to 28 M. Using the same percentage that would turn Von Miller's 19 M from 2016 into around 21-22 M in 2018.
Donald will not be the last elite defender to get a 20+ M contract and he may not even be the first.
Since the market rules in these matters, shorting the player is seen as insulting. A player who gets shorted that way can always say, okay someone else will pay this (which is very likely true). So if the Rams can't sign him and try to tag him after this season, his smartest move is to demand a trade. And whoever makes that trade will probably be paying more than 21-22 M.
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/01/2018 07:42AM by zn.
