Originally posted by sdaddy101269:
Originally posted by NickSh49:
Originally posted by sdaddy101269:
Originally posted by jedediahyork:
Originally posted by Sourball:
Just to be clear.....
You think all those players left the team because Kap got paid?
No, not all of them, but I'm sure it played a role in some of them. Especially with the whole separation of the locker room thing that happened. It's just ridiculous this argument about Kap leaving "millions" on the table when he's the highest paid player on this team is still floating around. Like it's not even close as to how much more than everyone else Kap is making. Kap is making double the amount of the next highest paid player on the team, in base salary alone, without any escalators...
This has to be the worst leap in the history of the WZ. Wtf.
...in which we pretend QB's aren't paid more than 80% of the players in the NFL. 
Exactly! Nevermind the fact that it has been written ad nauseum that Kaep took LESS money to help resign players that untimely were never resigned.
You mean Kap took an, "If you're as good as everyone says you are, this is going to be a record setting" contract.
This is pretty much how it went down in March of 2014:
"Hey team. We have a great team here, pulled out a lot of team wins. Which is why I called us all together for this meeting. Quite simply, some of you won't be here next year if you don't take pay cuts, because even though we're right up against the cap, we're going to give Kap a contract which will make him the best paid QB in the NFL -- if you all play up to championship level, like the past few years, of course -- just like before Kap took over... and I know he only throws to Quan, and I know some of you don't even like him, but it's OK. Take one for the TEAM. There's no "i" in Kap. WHO'S GOT IT BETTER.......... BLUDGEON!"
*crickets*
Think about it... We had 5 mil in cap space that offseason, and went on to extend a QB to eat up three times that amount? How were we going to re-sign all those players? I mean, realistically.
[ Edited by jedediahyork on May 1, 2016 at 8:27 PM ]