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Preposterous probably isn't the right word to use. He wants a new contract, it isn't about how he's currently compensated, and this isn't an uncommon situation at all.
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10 mil is peanuts compared to what he will receive guaranteed. This is a rookie Salary, not like it is something that was negotiated and now he is backing out of it. The "fifth year option" is nothing more than the franchise tag for rookies. What he is asking could very well be unreasonable, however, I don't blame him a bit.
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Relative to the market, he is. Relative to you and I, he is filthy rich.
If you were trying to sell your house and people were offering you far less than what it is worth, under what circumstances would you accept half the value of your house? Like it or not, his body is an asset in this league and it is in his best interest that he maximizes his paycheck.
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Oh yeah, Flus has them going full contact today. Have to take advantage of those closed practices.
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Fifth year options for first round picks are not "rookie" salary really. Like I said, he's earning more than all but three other guys at his position this year.
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Except he's not getting short-changed this year. Not by any stretch of the imagination.
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Why do you believe he's negotiating just over this season?
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I think Justin Jefferson is going to be a major problem this year, and I can see a quick trigger on Cousins to get some looks at Mond.
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Guess you don't understand the part of maximizing your contract. The Bears got a bargain at 5 yr/$28 mil.
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Original report made it seem like all the incentives were LTBE. Also it appears to be 10% of snaps and improvement in 6 offensive categories which would be NLTBE as improvements suggests they were not met in prior year. It would only be LTBE if the 10% was independent of the improvement in the 6 categories but that is not how Biggs wrote it. He said 10% of snaps and improvement in 6 categories is worth 4.5m.
Then there is another amount for playing time which would be LTBE if it is consistent with his playing last year and then the playoff bonus which is NLTBE because we missed playoffs last year.
Finally this is saying only 3m counts against cap which would only be true if all the incentives were deemed NLTBE. So someone has it wrong.
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No it is the right word to use if it causes him to miss out on a 100m contract. 100m > 15-17m
Also not a MLB. He is playing WILL in this D.
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Entirely part of the contract saga.
Very interested to see the actual contract details because im getting a strong sense that some of the details that media is releasing are wrong/guesses. A lot of the incentives *based on what has been reported* seem like slam dunk of LTBE, but then they wouldnt be pushed to next years cap.
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And lots and lots and lots of penalties
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The improvements are the Bears offense, not things about Reiff last year. And it's one of six categories, not all six. We don't know those categories, but it's very likely the Bears improve in one. There is also an additional snaps incentive, which is probably LTBE. Likely $10mil LTBE as was reported.
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