Not that I think a volume stat like yards is a good judgment on how good a QB is, but he hasn’t averaged over 4600 yards over last 8 seasons. He averaged 4465. He actually hasn’t even thrown for 4500 yards since 2013(though he was just short in ‘17).
Your right, how did I do that? Must have dislexed the 4 and 6.
Stafford's deal seems light compared to what some guys are getting and will be getting soon.
I really don't understand this logic when he has the HIGHEST SALARY CAP HIT OF ANY PLAYER IN THE NFL.
It's not like if Stafford had a more friendly deal, he would only count $2 million on the salary cap, that's just unrealistic. Regardless, Stafford's cap hit no matter what would be in the $25-30 mil range. Maybe Quinn banked on Stafford continuing his trend of 2016-2017 to win games and thought he deserved such money. If anything whoever the cap guy is for the Lions (Rod Wood or whoever) must be shitty at it, because other teams signing guy for way more than Stafford got and yet they don't seem to be having cap numbers as high as his. I get it, I find having an asset to be worth the price of doing business and you don't, but if he continues to have a year like last year then yeah, it's a bad deal. But I don't think he needs to be a "top 5" QB to be worth it. If the team wins playoff games, pretty much any price is worth it.
But like I said, if Stafford is still on the team in 2021 or 2022, his deal will seem light compared to what some guys will be getting.
Stafford's deal seems light compared to what some guys are getting and will be getting soon.
I really don't understand this logic when he has the HIGHEST SALARY CAP HIT OF ANY PLAYER IN THE NFL.
Because it’s not a one year deal and it’s isnt hindering the Lions from making moves to improve the team. Meanwhile there’s been 6-7 contracts in the past 2 years that have surpassed the value of his deal.
I really don't understand this logic when he has the HIGHEST SALARY CAP HIT OF ANY PLAYER IN THE NFL.
It's not like if Stafford had a more friendly deal, he would only count $2 million on the salary cap, that's just unrealistic. Regardless, Stafford's cap hit no matter what would be in the $25-30 mil range. Maybe Quinn banked on Stafford continuing his trend of 2016-2017 to win games and thought he deserved such money. If anything whoever the cap guy is for the Lions (Rod Wood or whoever) must be shitty at it, because other teams signing guy for way more than Stafford got and yet they don't seem to be having cap numbers as high as his. I get it, I find having an asset to be worth the price of doing business and you don't, but if he continues to have a year like last year then yeah, it's a bad deal. But I don't think he needs to be a "top 5" QB to be worth it. If the team wins playoff games, pretty much any price is worth it.
But like I said, if Stafford is still on the team in 2021 or 2022, his deal will seem light compared to what some guys will be getting.
That’s because some of those guys just signed their deals, their hits will be higher in the next few years. The Lions also structured it to give them flexibility in ‘17, likely because they realized the cap was going to continue to keep going up and the bigger hits wouldn’t hurt them as much in the coming years. Which turned out to be correct. Lions had a lot of cap space this offseason and likely will again next season.