RW's extension speculation

[twisted_steel2]

Ok, my thread was locked so I'll ask it here. What will stop another team from offering him 30 Mill? And would you pay that much?

SC

Another team won't get a chance... he's not going to get close to becoming an UFA. He'll be signed to an extension before that. :th2thumbs:

 

[MidwestHawker]

Ok, my thread was locked so I'll ask it here. What will stop another team from offering him 30 Mill?

An extension that prevents him from hitting the open market, that's what.

 

[themunn]

Guaranteed money is not as important as you think. Players will want a portion of it guaranteed to protect themselves against injury, but if you don't get injured and you play well - you'll see that money.

Look at Peyton Manning's contract with Denver for example. He's now 3 years into the 5 year contract. Each of the next two years he has a base salary of $19m (not guaranteed) and a cap hit of $21.5m Only a $5m cap hit to cut him.
If he wants to play next year, he will. And he'll earn $19m in the process - unless the Broncos restructure and offer him more. If the Broncos decide to cut him, fine. But another team out there will pay him the $19m he wants. He sees every penny of his contract in the end - the only real change to these contracts when they restructure is the timing of earnings