DrDawkinstein

Oh my god no. The only contract he should sign is a ceremonial, 1-day contract to retire as a Bill. Nothing that actually counts against the cap. Might as well just flush that money down the toilet otherwise.

Good. Sucks for their fans.

Cool stories, Jordan. Get lost.

Looks like it will be TWO days off that week!

Obvious choice is future Hall of Famer Ryan Fitzpatrick. Definitely the #1 pick. Tyrod makes sense there too. I do wonder what EJ could do in that role, and not having to be "the guy".

You're an annal historian, got it. Hey, whatever floats your boat bro. No one is judging. Everyone needs a hobby.

The constant misuse of "apart" is my new loose/lose pet peeve. It's all over the internet.

uhh huh huh huh... "annals"...

Blows my mind that the Bengals have done contracts like that all the way up to Burrow. Explains a lot.

Hard disagree. All that matters is Cap Hit and Dead Cap. The fact they can be so easily manipulated and maneuvered is a GOOD thing, and why so many of us are saying the $15M "average" isnt worth getting so upset about. That's been our whole point. Of course all the dollars will be accounted for sooner or later, but Beane has plenty of levers to pull to decide how much and when. And can easily do so on a short term, $15M avg contract with little issue and without hampering the team.

CAP FIGURES ARE ALL THAT MATTER No one cares about how much is actually hitting the player's bank account and when. ALL that matters is how it affects the team's cap space and ability to sign other players. Right? Or is this that personal for you? Why would you care about anything else but cap numbers? I thought that's the whole point of not paying him too much was because we need to be able to spend elsewhere? Make it make sense We know. We're saying for a 2nd round talent like Cook, the Tag is essentially like having a 5th year option. I've been pretty anti-tag, but I think it's smart to apply it like that.

Just because you have beef with Cook does not make this true. Every year the cap goes up. Every year contracts go up. Numbers go up. That is a fact. It's why there were a number of "lesser" QBs making more than Josh over the past few years. Barkley reset the RB market with a $20M+ contract. Whether you believe he is close to Barkley or not does not matter. No one is saying he should be paid as much as Barkley. BUT, if Cook does have another year like last year, then he will be known as an integral part of the best Offense in football. If he hits the market, other teams will not care whether he is a 2-down back. With 2 seasons in a row like that, he will absolutely get $15-17M on the open market next offseason. His tag number will be $13-14M, and if that's the case, Beane will tag him. Heck, he might tag him anyways since it's essentially a 5th year option.

It was a prove it year. He signed a 2/$16M contract. The first year his cap hit was only $5M. It was a $5M prove it year, because this year not only does his number go up to $13M, but they could cut him for less than $5M in dead cap, and save $8M if he was washed. I bolded the part of what you pasted that shows what I am saying.

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Not only that, but it was never "$8M/yr". The first year was a prove-it year where he only made a few mil because he was already over 30 years old. This year he is set to make $13M (as a 31 yr old RB), and Baltimore is now collectively the highest spending team at the RB position. So good teams do spend on RBs. And contracts in the teens are not out of norm. Dang, you guys are DEVIOUS! The best leverage he has is to show up and put up a season just like last year's. If he does, I fully believe Beane will get to his number. The only problem is, if he does put up another good season, his number probably goes up to closer to $17M next year. The tag is definitely in play at that point.