With a QB being paid the type of money he is asking for, there isn't too much flexibility to the structure. That is why I would extend him three years, guarantee it all, and move forward. Puts him under contract for 5 years instead of 2, the duration of the Keim/Kliff tenure so they are on the same time frame, and gives you some future outs if you need them.
No player has sat out bc they didn't get their rookie extension?
Lol, who said anything about baseball?
Yeah - each negotiation is different.
Do you think Kyler or his agent care?
Yes - I don't trust our front office to effectively evaluate the position, and top young QB's don't come here! We'd be stuck with some retread or journeyman (BIM), and hope.
All negotiations are is posturing. Kyler isn't going to sit out a year, have his contract toll one year, and cost himself millions. It doesn't help him in any way. His agent knows the team has control for four seasons if they want to exercise that option. His agent knows there isn't a huge market for him because he is a non-traditional QB. His agent knows he already has a rep around the league and him holding out isn't going to help that. This entire thing has been a sham because Kyler's agent knows that their is more risk to his client playing this season under his current contract than there is benefit.
I would because he is a top ten QB right now by alot of measures and $45 million per will soon be considered reasonable money.
At the end of that three year extension, we will look forward to you "Would you pay Kyler 75 mil" thread.
As is I would probably pay him. He is already pretty darn good.
Considering that he hasn't hit those numbers yet, and considering he is nowhere near good enough to consistently win playoff games, let alone SBs? Hell no. If he can improve, turn his head on the right way? Sure. Ah, but we can't know which way it'll go, can we?
I wasn't aware he can just take his ball and go home. Didn't know you could break contracts now lol
Didn't Carson Palmer threaten the same, and get traded?
Trading requires the team's consent. KM can't just decide to leave and have his wishes granted. Now, you don't want to upset the apple cart with your star players, but if he doesn't improve, he'll never lead us anywhere. Who here wants Kirk Cousins as their QB? *crickets* Neither do I. If he doesn't improve, that's his ceiling.
Uh, yeah. Carson Palmer told the Bengals he was going to take his ball and go home unless he was traded. Carson Palmer was traded. Do you think there wasn't a relationship between the two things?
True, but it wouldn't be better to not pay him because of that. Especially since the D-Hop issue isn't Kyler's fault.
Carson Palmer also wasn't on his 1st contract extension...he had made some coin and made it known he was content retiring. I think he had made almost $90 million at that point....maybe more????? The Bengals really had no other choice, if they wanted anything in return.
What Ron said. The situations are in no way comparable. He could've just retired if they didn't trade him.
He did retire. Cincy traded his rights to Oakland and they took him off the reserve retired list.
I agree. He is still under rookie contract for two more years and then some with the franchise tag. How is this any different than what is going on in Baltimore with Lamar Jackson. And even Jackson has more of a leg to stand on since he actually won an NFL MVP in his first couple years. Kyler is a good QB but has done nothing to demand a contract worthy of the top guys in the league.
Absolutely. And that is the point of the poll. Try to get away from the "you have to sign him" and the "he will develop" or the "he needs to mature" and just see who would sign him now at his demands with who and what he is as a current player because looking into it, I can't find guys who got paid and suddenly got significantly better.
I voted yes.
If they did, it didn't show up in a stat sheet. Thanks for voting.
