Justin Jefferson Extension - 4 Years $140M

[Chicago Staleys]

LMAO at this assertion.

I would argue that there is no professional football position that is overpaid when looking at all sports. Baseball? Basketball? GTFO.

No one position in sports gets paid more to do so little than a NFL WR.

It’s actually absurd you do see that.

 

[gallagher]

Not at 35 mil a year it ain’t

in 2004, the NFL salary cap was $80.58M, and 2005's was $85.5M. In December of 2004, Peyton Manning received a seven year extension worth $98M, for $14M a year, just over 16% of the 2005 salary cap. In the same year, his best friend Marvin Harrison received a seven year extension worth $67M. At $9.57M per year, that is around 11% of the 2005 salary cap.

$35M for Jefferson against a $255.4M salary cap is just under 14%, an increase right in line with the approx. 20% and up that you pay for your top of the line QB. That is the going rate for the positions that define a modern offense. Teams pay top dollar for those guys, go cheap on RBs, draft well on defense, spend cheap contracts on role players, and stay relevant in a league that is geared towards passing offenses. The Bengals and the Cowboys are going to do this too; they will likely lose out on one of their best defenders (Lawrence and Hendrickson) to afford it, and they will draft replacements for them.

Edit to say - and why is this more absurd than Myles Garrett Chris Jones getting 12.5% of the salary cap on average, and Nick Bosa getting 15%? Arent these premiums what one pays for top of the line talent that open up the rest of your scheme?

 

[DefNextYear]

No he didn’t. Thats absurd amount of money to touch the ball, maybe 7 times a game.

Defining a whole group as overpaid is a tough convo. I won't say I agree or disagree with it cause I ultimately think that's complicated to determine and I wouldn't have the tools to do it.

That said, the main thing I wanted to point out is that it's more than just touches. A true WR1 like JJ shifts entire defenses. His presence on the field alone does have a value to it. I'll also add that NFL teams pay a lot of smart people to do a lot of analysis specifically for things like this. I don't really think contracts are handed out without considerable thought into how those dollars impact the product on the field vs. using those dollars elsewhere and what that impact looks like.

Where I say I won't disagree is that star QB-led teams, with or without superstar high-paid WRs, have dominated SB wins for a while. So ultimately, that's the piece that you need to win, as their contract values indicate. There's an element of "it doesn't matter if you don't have the QB". Again, that's maybe too simple too. There's exceptions to everything, or at least a lot of things, in life.

 

[ijustposthere]

I'm surprised you still post on here after people found out you shove your dick inside fish

Wait wut?

 

[BornAnAngryBearsFan]

wow you went really far back...you seemed to forget about treadwell or patterson as being more recent...even harvin could be considered a bust as well along with rice...harvin could have been a stud but too many head issues migraines and whatever else...rice was a one year wonder with favre and that was it for him.

Harvin was so bad. He came to the Bears, later in his career, got one game check and quit on the team... lol Fucking bum!

 

[BornAnAngryBearsFan]

Harvin was so bad. He came to the Bears, later in his career, got one game check and quit on the team... lol Fucking bum!

My bad, I was thinking of Ted Ginn Jr.