$$ Clay Matthews deserves the new big deal before Rodgers

[realcaliforniacheese]

*****.

It's always 4:20 somewhere in the world.

 

[realcaliforniacheese]

ARod needs to be signed first. Hey is grossly underpaid and he is owed a big payday. Don't forge

 

[realcaliforniacheese]

ARod needs to be signed first. Hey is grossly underpaid and he is owed a big payday. Don't forge

Forget the chip he tends to carry. Not to mention that his deal will determine all other deals. ARod and the clay maker both have the same agent as does B.J so maybe T.T. Is working all three at the same time.

 

[HyponGrey]

If we lose Clay... IF WE LOSE AARON???

 

[Bensalama21]

They're both already being paid.
One has 2 years left, the other 1 year, on his current contract.

We have to remember Rodgers is not in the top 15 of guaranteed money for QB's... With Romo and Flacco being paid ridiculous numbers, that should be an outline for us to know who to pay next. They (Matthews and Rodgers) are both getting paid so it shouldn't really matter

 

[FrankRizzo]

Forget the chip he tends to carry. Not to mention that his deal will determine all other deals. ARod and the clay maker both have the same agent as does B.J so maybe T.T. Is working all three at the same time.

Wouldn't THAT be something!
I was expecting, kind of, to see the BLOCKBUSTER announcement that both Matthews & Rodgers signed new mega-deals.
But can you imagine Raji also?
Raji hasn't earned a monster deal though.
He's no Vince Wilfork for sure.

 

[rodell330]

So the defensive guy that doesnt really dictate how the entire def works should be paid b4 the guy that runs the entire offense?

Or my point couuld be to pay the guy whos contract is up after the season. Sheesh. I guess i wasnt clear enough in that post.

 

[DevilDon]

Or my point couuld be to pay the guy whos contract is up after the season. Sheesh. I guess i wasnt clear enough in that post.

I hear ya Rodell, but here's the thing. One guy is a very rare find indeed and the other guy is a rare find. If I put a "Sophie's Choice" question to you and told you that you had to lose one player which would it be between those two? You have to get Rodgers done because then you know what you have for everybody else.

 

[13 Times Champs]

The longer we wait on Rodgers the more it could cost. There's probably another Jerry Jones out there ready to pay an insane amount to a QB that isn't of the caliber of AR.

 

[BorderRivals.com]

TT traded up in the draft to select Claymaker and Casey Hayward. Who was his trading partner for both deals? BB.

 

[13 Times Champs]

TT traded up in the draft to select Claymaker and Casey Hayward. Who was his trading partner for both deals? BB.

Ok, it's monday morning and I'm not quite awake. Who is BB?

 

[bozz_2006]

Bill Belechick

 

[El Guapo]

The focus of this discussion seems to be about whom should be signed first. I think that we are all overlooking the likelihood that Russ Ball is simultaneously negotiating with both parties, and likely a few others. They aren't singularly focused in the negotiation department at GB Central

 

[longtimefan]

Rodgers was in talks before the season started...They didnt get it done because of Flaco

 

[Oshkoshpackfan]

Rodgers was in talks before the season started...They didnt get it done because of Flaco

Why is that? waiting to see what Flacco makes so they have a starting point on what to base Arods new contract off of ? This pay crap is just getting utterly crazy......I bet the guys from the 60's and 70's are saying "holy ****"....when will this stop? what ceiling will this finally make? .....5 years from now, QB's will be getting 6 years 200 million....

 

[AmishMafia]

Why is that? waiting to see what Flacco makes so they have a starting point on what to base Arods new contract off of ? This pay crap is just getting utterly crazy......I bet the guys from the 60's and 70's are saying "holy ****"....when will this stop? what ceiling will this finally make? .....5 years from now, QB's will be getting 6 years 200 million....

They are predicting only modest increases in the Salary cap. We will see $33M/yr, but not too soon.

The old farts - too bad. They lived in an era when football just wasn't very big. Players had little freedom, but even if they did - there just wasn't much money to go around. Only reason the big bucks now a days is the amazing tv contracts bring in obscene amounts of money.

 

[Oshkoshpackfan]

They are predicting only modest increases in the Salary cap. We will see $33M/yr, but not too soon.

The old farts - too bad. They lived in an era when football just wasn't very big. Players had little freedom, but even if they did - there just wasn't much money to go around. Only reason the big bucks now a days is the amazing tv contracts bring in obscene amounts of money.

True, tv contracts are amazingly high

 

[ivo610]

Why is that? waiting to see what Flacco makes so they have a starting point on what to base Arods new contract off of ? This pay crap is just getting utterly crazy......I bet the guys from the 60's and 70's are saying "holy ****"....when will this stop? what ceiling will this finally make? .....5 years from now, QB's will be getting 6 years 200 million....

It's either the players get it or the owners get it. Could cut ticket prices but then the scalpers would get it

 

[DevilDon]

It's either the players get it or the owners get it. Could cut ticket prices but then the scalpers would get it

You know there is a minimum salary cap too right? You have to keep in the middle somewhere. Players get theirs.
Compared to the old days it's a joke. Ray Nitschke lived in a very modest home, same with Johnny Logan's humble ranch. The money just wasn't there.
I remember clamoring for some kind of real sports on TV on weekends. Some days it was bowling or skiing or tennis. It was a very different time. If you wanted to hear games it was the radio, they just weren't all on TV back then. And I'm not that old.

 

[ivo610]

You know there is a minimum salary cap too right? You have to keep in the middle somewhere. Players get theirs.
Compared to the old days it's a joke. Ray Nitschke lived in a very modest home, same with Johnny Logan's humble ranch. The money just wasn't there.
I remember clamoring for some kind of real sports on TV on weekends. Some days it was bowling or skiing or tennis. It was a very different time. If you wanted to hear games it was the radio, they just weren't all on TV back then. And I'm not that old.

the difference between the minimum and max is $14 mil.

I feel bad for Tampa fans who watch their team every season make the owner rich with no real effort to put together a winning team.

 

[HyponGrey]

It's either the players get it or the owners get it. Could cut ticket prices but then the scalpers would get it

Owners are not happy about the players getting it. Tickets go up to bump the cap, nobody can afford the games so cap actually goes down, Footballcalypse.

 

[FrankRizzo]

TT traded up in the draft to select Claymaker and Casey Hayward. Who was his trading partner for both deals? BB.

And check out the 2006 Draft with Jennings & WR Chad Jackson.
Also was Belichick!

 

[longtimefan]

Why is that? waiting to see what Flacco makes so they have a starting point on what to base Arods new contract off of ? This pay crap is just getting utterly crazy......I bet the guys from the 60's and 70's are saying "holy ****"....when will this stop? what ceiling will this finally make? .....5 years from now, QB's will be getting 6 years 200 million....

What I meant was that they didnt just start talking when Flacco singed his...There were initial talks in last offseason

 

[Oshkoshpackfan]

^ ok......misunderstood ya there.

 

[Raptorman]

I think Rodgers should get $25 million a year and Matthews $15 million a year. Sounds about right. Last word was the Packers and Rodgers were $2 million a year apart.