Another Off-Season Drought Thread

[dmek25]

does anyone else think p manning is being very selfish with his big fat contract eating up sooo much of indys cap room?they have a good thing going and to let james walk could be their window closing

[steveo395]

Originally Posted by dmek25

does anyone else think p manning is being very selfish with his big fat contract eating up sooo much of indys cap room?they have a good thing going and to let james walk could be their window closing

i heard he is going to restructure this year, which he should definitely do if he wants to win

[That Guy]

vick has any even worse contract and he's not even that good...

[steveo395]

Originally Posted by That Guy

vick has any even worse contract and he's not even that good...

yea vick is rediculous...hes not that good and he has like a $120 million contract or something....they overpaid for him so much

[saden1]

Originally Posted by That Guy

vick has any even worse contract and he's not even that good...

Nah, Manning's contract is better than Vicks and has more guaranteed money and is evenly spread base salary.

Manning: 98 million contract, 34.5 million signing bonus and 19 million in roster bonuses over seven year period. Unless they cut him he'll earn 53.5 million in bonus money over 7 years.

Vick: 130 million contract, 7.5 million signing bonus and 29.5 roster bonus (22.5 million already earned) over a period of 10 years. Vick will earn 37 million in bonus money over a ten year span.

[That Guy]

you're right, manning averages 16mill a year and vick is only 13mill a year average. I forgot it was a 10 year deal.

[steveo395]

vick is still overpaid though

[That Guy]

definately.

[Dirtbag59]

You think hes overrated? Try living in Atlanta. Saying anything bad about Vick is comprable to treason.

But its like you guys said. Why don't players get more endorsement deals. I sware sometimes I think Mannings trying to buy his own country or something (high NFL contract along with endorsements by Visa, Gatorade, and Microsoft). I can understand why a LB or an OL would be out to get as much as they can from their team since they're not nearly as marketable but as far as WR, RB, and QB is concerned, come on, help your team out, get the equivalent of 3 or 4 game checks by shooting a 30 second commercial.

On a side note: Does anyone know if built-in contract incentives count against the cap? I heard somewhere that they don't.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

I can understand why a LB or an OL would be out to get as much as they can from their team since they're not nearly as marketable but as far as WR, RB, and QB is concerned, come on, help your team out, get the equivalent of 3 or 4 game checks by shooting a 30 second commercial.

On a side note: Does anyone know if built-in contract incentives count against the cap? I heard somewhere that they don't.

likely to be earned (stuff they did the year before) count in that years cap and unlikely count the year after they're earned... that's what i remember anyways.

brady insisted his oline be in his commercial too so those guys got some extra money...