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“It speaks wonders now to now just go out there and play football. I think a lot of guys when you get that [contract extension], you go out there and play harder. You know you have that security — your health and whatnot, so you just lay it all out there because the team believes so high in you.”
-WR BRANDIN COOKS
I think it;s a mistake to assume these guys just want money.
Notably, Cooks got the going rate this year at his position, which for all WR 2nd contracts this year, was around 16 M. So he knows he got what he is worth, in market terms anyway. It's not only a financial windfall, it's an earned token of respect and recognition.
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He got a 16M extension that averages out to under 15M including this year.
If the Rams offered Donald a 4 year extension at 24M, then including this year that would put him at under 21M.
That’s an apples and apples comparison.
Well, that's not how it worked. Cooks deal just leaves the entire 2018 contract intact, then adds a 2nd contract, a 5 year 16 M deal with 50 M guaranteed, which starts in 2019.
If you did the same thing with Donald, the 2018 contract would be intact, and starting in 2019 you add a 2nd contract for (say, hypothetically) 4 years at 24 M with say 80 M guaranteed.
What allows them to do that is the guaranteed money.
So yes with Cooks it's a 2nd contract, not a re-write of the first. The first expires after this year and to balance not erasing the first, they put huge pay-outs in place for 2019 and 2020, with again a lot of that guaranteed.
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