Breaking: Zeke signs

[SilenceS]

6 years 90 million.

50 Guaranteed

“Basically it’s a win-win for both sides.”

.@VoiceOfTheStar joins CBS Sports HQ to break down the Ezekiel Elliott contract extension.https://t.co/8azcNxTE3n pic.twitter.com/YlSXriaUBw
— CBS Sports HQ (@CBSSportsHQ) September 4, 2019

 

[WestCoastBearsFan]

How in the hell are they going to pay Dak and Amari??

 

[Raskolnikov]

How in the hell are they going to pay Dak and Amari??

easy, don't pay Dak...draft another. Same should be done with Trubisky. Balk at irreplaceable QB money.

Are they actually irreplaceable? If you can't say yes then paying over 20,000,000 will hamstring your team. End of story.

Is somebody else going to pay Dak or Trubisky 30,000,000 on the free agent market to come hold their team back? Somebody has to call a bluff on QB's, like Washington did with one that is better than either of those two.

 

[WestCoastBearsFan]

easy, don't pay Dak...draft another. Same should be done with Trubisky. Balk at irreplaceable QB money.

Are they actually irreplaceable? If you can't say yes then paying over 20,000,000 will hamstring your team. End of story.

Dak’s above average. If you think you can replace that in the draft then do it but I haven’t been keeping up with college QBs enough to know if they actually could. I was just saying that because Jerry Jones said they were going to extend him.

 

[Raskolnikov]

I'd offer Trubisky 8 years, 18 million per year, fully guaranteed. I'd offer him it now, and I'd keep it on the table for the next 20 months. He is a reasonable QB and deserves security and a reasonable contract. Forget what works for everyone else, thats a contract I would believe in for the player involved and the team. He wants more, then walk and draft another. I

 

[WestCoastBearsFan]

I'd offer Trubisky 8 years, 18 million per year, fully guaranteed. I'd offer him it now, and I'd keep it on the table for the next 20 months. He is a reasonable QB and deserves security and a reasonable contract. Forget what works for everyone else, thats a contract I would believe in for the player involved and the team. He wants more, then walk and draft another.

And just like that this is a Mitch thread.

 

[SilenceS]

I'd offer Trubisky 8 years, 18 million per year, fully guaranteed. I'd offer him it now, and I'd keep it on the table for the next 20 months. He is a reasonable QB and deserves security and a reasonable contract. Forget what works for everyone else, thats a contract I would believe in for the player involved and the team. He wants more, then walk and draft another.

You want to give him 144 million fully guaranteed. You do know that is outright dumb?

 

[bearmick]

I'd offer Trubisky 8 years, 18 million per year, fully guaranteed. I'd offer him it now, and I'd keep it on the table for the next 20 months. He is a reasonable QB and deserves security and a reasonable contract. Forget what works for everyone else, thats a contract I would believe in for the player involved and the team. He wants more, then walk and draft another.

Don't like that long of a contract or the guaranteed money, but yeah on a per game basis he isn't worth more than that at this point, unless he improves a lot and shows that he's the type of QB who can win games rather than ride along on a great team. And if he does that, then you pay him like a legit franchise QB. Either way, don't pay elite money for average quality.

Same goes for Dallas. Dak has taken care of the ball better than Trubisky and is less mistake prone, but he isn't a high level guy in terms of production. He hasn't shown that he's good enough to engineer wins on his own back without a top running game and good defense.

 

[bearmick]

And just like that this is a Mitch thread.

On a Bears board. Go figure.

 

[Rory Sparrow]

Somebody has to call a bluff on QB's, like Washington did with one that is better than either of those two.

And that has really worked out for Washington. They have $22.5M and a 1st round pick invested into the position, and with Case Keenum they are once again staring down another losing season. Seems like a good blueprint for other NFL teams to follow.

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

And just like that this is a Mitch thread.

It’s always a Mitch thread. It’s a Mitch season. Nothing is more important

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

I just can’t imagine paying a RB that much money in today’s NFL. Blows my mind.

 

[Midway Fields]

Don't like that long of a contract or the guaranteed money, but yeah on a per game basis he isn't worth more than that at this point, unless he improves a lot and shows that he's the type of QB who can win games rather than ride along on a great team. And if he does that, then you pay him like a legit franchise QB. Either way, don't pay elite money for average quality.

Same goes for Dallas. Dak has taken care of the ball better than Trubisky and is less mistake prone, but he isn't a high level guy in terms of production. He hasn't shown that he's good enough to engineer wins on his own back without a top running game and good defense.

Mitch please

 

[botfly10]

They extended zeke 6 years. So they have a RB on an 8 year contract? Seems dumb to me, idk.

 

[Probie2429]

Inevitable hamstring injury in week 1 for Zeke. Seems to be SOP for guys that miss TC at skill positions.

 

[Midway Fields]

Think about all those sucker fantasy players that passed.

 

[Rory Sparrow]

Think about all those sucker fantasy players that passed.

...and took Duke Johnson.

 

[Bearly]

I just can’t imagine paying a RB that much money in today’s NFL. Blows my mind.

He's making 8 and 9 million in the years before the new contract. I wouldn't draft one that early either.

 

[sevvy]

I'd offer Trubisky 8 years, 18 million per year, fully guaranteed. I'd offer him it now, and I'd keep it on the table for the next 20 months. He is a reasonable QB and deserves security and a reasonable contract. Forget what works for everyone else, thats a contract I would believe in for the player involved and the team. He wants more, then walk and draft another.

 

[bamainatlanta]

I bet a lot of fantasy lineups were just changed. Tony Pollard is back to being a waiver wire pickup