Originally posted by BrianGO:
Originally posted by SofaKing:
Obviously he wants an extension from the 49ers, but a 2-year pact makes ZERO sense for him. It makes all the sense in the world for the 49ers. That's why they offered it, and that's why agents are hired to represent the player and find a middle-ground.
Let's say Boone is a bad ass two years from now and the free market averages him 10 million a year.
Now let's say the 49ers offered him 5 million over the next four years. This comes to 20 million.
Now he is 31, and signs a three year contract at the max. Averaging 10 million. That is 30 million. 20 + 30 = 50 million over seven years.
Boone is going to average 1.6 million over the next two years, for a total of 3.2 million.
Now let's say Boone plays out his current deal, is piping hot mad, and waits two years for that max contract. Let's say he signs a 5 year contract averaging 10 million. That comes to 50 million. 50 million + 3.2 = 53.2 million over seven years.
Don't think the 49ers offered that much? OK, how about a 4 mil per year extension? That only erases 4 million, still coming to 46 million over the next seven years. This almost triples his current salary. He knows he will get money NOW. They could offer him a prorated signing bonus, just like they did for Kap. He will be an instant multi-millionaire.
When Boone is 31 the NFL will have two more years of inflation. Therefore he will be able to sign a similar deal as to when he was 29. He will make very SIMILAR money over the next seven years.
It makes all the sense in the world to take what the 49ers offered him. I am assuming they offered him at least a 4 million per extension. They MUST have actually, because they said he would be paid like a top 15 guard. So it MUST have been at LEAST 4 million per. Meaning over the next seven years, he will end up making just around the SAME money.
He makes around 50 million over the next seven years regardless. Signing the extension with the 49ers gets money in his pocket SOONER, and it also keeps him on a championship team longer.
Waiting around for fate, averaging only 1.6 over the next two years is crazy, IMO.
The scenario you laid out would make perfect sense, but there must be a reason why a deal hasn't been completed. Both sides have been at this for a long time, and they must have some idea of what they're doing.
If what you laid out was an option for Boone, I'd think he'd be inclined to take it. However, all we know is a 2-year extension was offered. We don't know the exact terms of the offer, or how it would affect the existing 2 years of his current deal.
I don't want to speculate on exact specifics and dollar amounts, because we have no idea of knowing EXACTLY what the 49ers offered, and what Boone is asking for.
[ Edited by SofaKing on Jul 26, 2014 at 12:21 AM ]