renofox":opgjxosh said:
So you're actually looking at 3 years for $31m minimum up to possibly the $33-38m range
I just don't think it's worth trying to -maybe- save a few million over 3 years when you have a chance to lock up a top playmaker for essentially his entire career.
It would only be 31+ million for 3 years if you franchised him this year right? My whole point was that we should let him play out 2014 for 1.5 million, and then if we franchised him in 2015 and 2016 it would be around the 25 million range not 31+ million right?
I kinda disagree with your projections for the franchise tag for Cornerback being 13 million in 2015 and 16-18 million in 2016. Aren't the franchise tags based on the top 5 paid guys at that position or something? I just don't think the 5 top paid guys will reach those numbers to establish such a high franchise tag, but I'm no expert.
I think there is a general shift in the NFL right now towards a balanced roster instead of just loading up a few players with tons of money. I don't think Cornerbacks are going to make that kind of money.
I'm not even saying we should franchise him necessarily. I'm just saying we should let him play out 2014 at 1.5 million and then decide what to do since we'll have a lot better of an idea where our money needs to go in 2015 after seeing how we do in 2014.
I think saving 8-12 million dollars by letting him play out 2014 at 1.5 million is the best move both financially and for our potential dynasty. If Sherman continues to play lights out he will get a nice deal in 2015, if not we will save who knows how many millions of dollars of guaranteed money if the worst case scenario happens to Sherman getting seriously injured in 2014.
I think the risk outweighs doing this just to make Sherman happy. He can make a ton of money from endorsements too and his own clothing line if he keeps playing so well, so I just don't think it's worth it for us to overpay him or to pay him before we need to.