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and unfortunately his cheap rookie contract over.................. that's the downside of long developmental types!
Well, the upside of long developmental types is their 2nd contract won't be huge. NB will likely be affordable for the Rams.
Like pretty much all 2nd contracts for starters, it will be what 2nd contracts for starters at his position are getting that year.
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If Whit comes back next year, NB will be a backup. And he would only have put 7 games on tape as a starter.
The 2nd contract thing is a general rule but
we have seen exceptions to that rule when a player hasn't established themselves as a starter. He's not going to get $18M if Whit starts next year.
Well first, in all fairness, that (the underlined bit) is not an exception to the rule because the rule is, this is what happens on 2nd contracts with starters a team wants to retain. So if he is not considered a starter, then, he fits the rule--which by the very way it's stated, has to do with starters. Or at least, starting caliber guys you want to retain as a starter. But that's picky and a bit pedantic.
His 2nd contract is due in the off-season after 2021. Will Whit last that long? Will Whit be the starter going into 2022? (And even if he is it would be smart to move him to ROT and save money on Hav. ... you then have NB + Whit at OT).
Does NB become the starter in 2022? If so, here's the problem: do you offer him less compared to what he can get on the market? (Which again assumes he's a starting caliber guy you want to keep as a starter and is seen as capable of being one in the league.) And if he's not a Rams starter in 2021 or 2022, why would he stay when he's a FA?
So. Lots to sort out. I have no particular dog in this fight, just juggling and looking at the different balls on this. And we haven't even seen the 2021 draft yet, which might address some of this.
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/24/2020 05:40PM by zn.
