Tag and trades happen occasionally…If he's a free agent they can tag him and he can just not sign it. He could pull a Bell. I personally think they should sign him to a 10 year 500 million dollar contract. Cut who you must and restructure the rest.
That way the Steelers have a guaranteed 2 wins every year..
Can't trade him unless he signs it.
I'm not sure there is an offense in the league where the scheme is more tied to the QB than it is in Baltimore.
The second he wasn't signed to a long-term deal before the season a trade become a serious consideration. Teams don't let franchise QBs go without a long-term deal this long. I wouldn't mind if they did sign him, though.
Right, but what typically happens is they tag him and offer to let him negotiate with other teams for the contract he wants…. Then the team gives up a first or whatever, he signs the tag then they trade him to the other team…
The Rats are in a predicament. They catered their offense around an elite running back that throws the ball. But now when he gets a sprained knee that any other QB would play through they have Jackson on the bench. Because his only value is his running ability. So they either tag him a couple of years and burn the tread off but with him completely not trying to get on the field a bruise would probably keep him out. Or trade him. If I am them I trade him. He has Lev Bell written all over him.
I cant picture this they spent a very early pick on a QB I doubt they would give up on him already. The Jets also have an elite WR in the making and I dont think Jackson would help his growth. Balt is certainly in an interesting situation. I do not think Balt can get close to what he wants w/o seriously crippling the whole team
They have a lot of contracts they can push out if need be, but also remember that just cause smith signed a contract worth 20 mil per doesnt mean the cap hit is going to be 20 million this season…. It could be a big signing bonus with a very low salary so this years money is spread out over the duration, more or less
New York has already gone on record and essentially stated that they're going to be moving on from Zach Wilson, his days as a Jet are finished.
Good teams don’t quit early on QBs.. but the Jets aint a good team sooo.......
If the guaranteed money is 60M shouldn't they spread equally through the contract? 12M per year?
Nah it can be guaranteed salaries or voidable years too… so you can move money all over… like watsons contract … its all guaranteed but the cap hit varies from year to year
There can also be a year 2 roster bonus which is basically like a signing bonus that doesn’t count year one, since tge cap hit is too high to cut him before it is activated… and tgey almost always convert some of the first salary into a signing bonus in the second year pushing that evenly out across the remainder of the contract… so in Strykers example, tgey convert 13 million of tgat second year salary into bonus money… that gets spread out to an additional 3.25 a year, but that second year drops from a 20.6 cap hit to just under 11. Some teams have a larger cap hit that second year in the expectation that is going to happen
i dunno
Up in the air. Offseason. He has a lot of time
Even so - signing Lamar would be so Jet like.
I prefer Action Jackson to be resigned to a very lucrative long term deal. I feel he is the right man for the job and I would like him to stay.