August 06, 2018 11:24AM | Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 7,313
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While we don’t know exact numbers, we do know at least 2 things.
The Rams quickly extended both Cooks and Gurley to VERY fair contracts without fanfare. Emphasis quickly.
And we know that the Rams have repeatedly publicly stated that they want to make AD the highest paid defender in league history. That means a minimum of $20 million per, (and I suspect that their offer is higher than that).
Now, those are not exact numbers, it’s true, but the combination of the above FACTS makes it appear that the Rams are at least being earnest and reasonable.
We don't know what you say we know.
The statement that the Rams want to make AD the highest paid defender in the league doesn't mean the offer is a minimum of $20M per. It just means that it's at least $1 more than Von Miller's $19,016,667 which he signed several years ago.
It also tells us nothing about how much guaranteed money is being offered.
Any other meanings derived are your assumptions. Not facts...
What I state here are FACTS.
C’mon, dz. are you really gonna nitpick the amount by which AD would become “highest paid”? And for a player that isn’t even a UFA and won’t be for 3 more seasons, potentially?
You’re better than that, man. A $20 million (or more) salary makes him the highest paid defender. That is a fact. I’ve seen no evidence that the Rams are not being fair about the guaranteed. They were damned fair on that with both Cooks and Gurley, after all. I did put my suspicion of a higher Ram offer in parenthesis to make sure it was my opinion, not a fact.
And I’m assuming that you are NOT denying that the Rams have publicly stated that they’re willing to make AD the highest paid defender? So, for me to so state that is also a fact?
I think you missed the point.
So let's give an example. Both $22M and $19.017M would make AD the highest paid defender in the league.
Are you really going to sit here and tell me there is not a significant difference between these two deals? Of course not, because you're smarter than that. And if the offer really was $19.017M, I wouldn't say the Rams were being all that reasonable.
Thus...given that we have no idea what's being offered, it's safe not to make assumptions. Especially since you said we were talking about FACTS.
The point is, we can't factually judge a situation without uh...actually knowing the facts. Which we don't! And that's a fact!
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