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For months, Keyshawn droned on and on that it’s all about the guaranteed money.
I never accepted that Donald put a lot of weight on $/yr as a measure of his worth.
I think what happened here (and I am speculating as much as you are) is that Donald accepted less in terms of annual avg. and conceded on years but traded all that in for guaranteed money/bonus money.
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It's not clear who led the way on this. Whether it was AD or the Rams or if they just both went that direction.
Albert Breer, from the best article on what happened in the negotiations:
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• Another concession came in the structure of the deal: The Rams had been against funding guarantees in the past, but did so in this case, using a rolling structure that marries the club to the player for four years (very rare) at the aforementioned price of $86.892 million. Why were they more willing?
Well, one reason is because Jared Goff’s deal is the next foundational piece to take care of, and they’re going to have to be reasonable on guarantees in that one (based on the QB market), so holding the line on Donald, the best player on the team, just wasn’t worth it.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/03/2018 08:53AM by zn.
