NFL offseason 2025

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by calia

Why do that? Why not have him play out on his current contract? He's not going to hold out the season -- that would be really unwise, especially because we could franchise him too. He has one more shot at a big contract, short of a trade, and it is with us. Why not offer $28M/yr plus some added money if certain milestones are reached (e.g., >12 tds, >1300 yards), stuff that is not out of reach but would be pretty hard to do (at least more than once), and if he achieved those numbers he'd certainly have earned it. It can be $28M/yr x 3 yrs with $65M guaranteed and possible going up to $33M/yr with incentives.

Obviously, I don't do this for a living so maybe it's entirely unrealistic, but it seems like there's got to be some way to bridge the gap.

I think AP probably has 2 things in mind.
1) he thinks TM is 25-28$mill/y, which is probably fair value.
2) he doesn't want to get stuck paying $30m for a 500yard receiving year

If we have TM play out and franchise, that's ~18.5m (3m paid and 15.5m left)/28m, and no dead money into Terry's 32 year old season (i.e. it seems like AP/the team get everything they want at 23m/year). If he holds out, he's burning big money and any shot of a big deal. I just don't see a reason for the team to move.