Why not?
Belichick would let him walk or maximize his current value.
Jimmy G comes to mind. "Sorry kid, you're no Tom Brady. See ya!"
If you think about it, the Chiefs are now operating under the old Pats gold standard. Mahomes gets paid, anyone else who gets greedy is shown the door.
Addition by substraction in a cap league.
Who would they replace him with?
To be fair, I would agree that a lot of QB's could be successful in Philly with that offensive line and weapons. Seem like Hurts' running ability enhances his value though. Can't really just bring in a Jimmy G and expect the engine to keep running, especially since Eagles probably going to get a little worse on the line over next couple seasons
TBD about Chiefs. They made the right move getting rid of Hill. But they're good because they had a lot of rookies/cheap contracts make meaningful contributions. So we haven't seen many "greedy" dilemmas yet.
You also have to realize that guys like Hurts and Burrow getting mega deals this offseason has no barring on their upcoming year, right?
Philly will regress as, if they pay Hurts they will lose quite a few free agents. This was their best chance for a championship as the QB is on a rookie contract. They might pay attention to KC as they paid Mahomes and still kept good players on each side of the ball.
Meanwhile, the thing no one talks about with Lamar is that he is not very intelligent at all (believe me, an understatement). Ravens know he is on the decline and is not worth Kyler money...Kyler is not worth Kyler money, but the Cardinals are stuck...a perfect model for what the Ravens don't want to do.
Meanwhile, the thing no one talks about with Lamar is that he is not very intelligent at all (believe me, an understatement). Ravens know he is on the decline and is not worth Kyler money...Kyler is not worth Kyler money, but the Cardinals are stuck...a perfect model for what the Ravens don't want to do.
Who replaces him? Does it matter?
When Hurts was injured, their play didn't drop off much. They lost to the Cowboys but it was close. Minshew is a good backup QB, who is also a FA this year.
Eagles are like the Niners in that the QB seems interchangeable because of the solid team structure built around the position.
Handing Hurts 50m pretty much blows up said structure.
Agree in general about Hurts, but he's probably the best QB in the NFC (kinda by default). Think you gotta lock that up
I'm not sure Lamar is on the decline. He's been dinged up, but he's only 26. If healthy (I know, big if), he's got a lot of top-tier athletic years left. He's got a lot more upside than Kyler Murray. Don't think Ravens can quite get into that position with Lamar, since Lamar is obviously the clearly better player.
As usual this is not the way that went down . You are wrong as per normal
Hurts will get paid for sure.
Sure lots of QB's can flourish with the #1 offensive line in NFL and great weapons at WR and TE. The O-Line will ne really good for a while, can't get higher then #1 and will eventually lose Kelce with will hurt, but they did draft the #1 center available in last years draft with a really high pick in case Kelce retired last year. Will be a downgrade but not much. Other weapons are locked up and they all love Hurts. Can't not sign him.
Hurts has also shown a lot of improvement throwing between the last two seasons, can he keep getting better? I didn't think he would even be this good before this season. He's made a believer out of a lot of people who didn't think he had a chance.
L. Jackson is another story , don't love his future. Although it's not exactly as if the Ravens are getting weapons for him these past few years.
Sure lots of QB's can flourish with the #1 offensive line in NFL and great weapons at WR and TE. The O-Line will ne really good for a while, can't get higher then #1 and will eventually lose Kelce with will hurt, but they did draft the #1 center available in last years draft with a really high pick in case Kelce retired last year. Will be a downgrade but not much. Other weapons are locked up and they all love Hurts. Can't not sign him.
Hurts has also shown a lot of improvement throwing between the last two seasons, can he keep getting better? I didn't think he would even be this good before this season. He's made a believer out of a lot of people who didn't think he had a chance.
L. Jackson is another story , don't love his future. Although it's not exactly as if the Ravens are getting weapons for him these past few years.
DeShawn Watson is the classic case. Sign a 40+ million per year contract and sexually adult 40+ women and get away with it. Comes back near the end of last season and looks like compete dog shit
He threw that hail Mary about 20 yards lol
Just comical for me.. There are even if you count someone like Rodgers, there are literally 6 franchise qb's in the NFL.
Mahomes, Burrow, Lawrence, Allen, Herbert, and sure throw in Rodgers because of course he was once.
Yet all these " draft pundits" pretend there are 3-4 every year. LOL
There is not a franchise qb in this draft. Sure, if something goes right, you can get a stetson bennet in the 4th round and have success but he isn't exactly an all time great.
Mahomes, Burrow, Lawrence, Allen, Herbert, and sure throw in Rodgers because of course he was once.
Yet all these " draft pundits" pretend there are 3-4 every year. LOL
There is not a franchise qb in this draft. Sure, if something goes right, you can get a stetson bennet in the 4th round and have success but he isn't exactly an all time great.
The media has put all of these guys as 1st rounders.
Bryce Young
CJ Stroud
Will Levis
Anthony Richardson ( who has a horrible completion % in a bubble screen offense)
Hendon Hooker.
Come on, Have a feeling agents pay the media to push their guys. I don't see it with any of them. And I am smarter than most GM's.
Bryce Young
CJ Stroud
Will Levis
Anthony Richardson ( who has a horrible completion % in a bubble screen offense)
Hendon Hooker.
Come on, Have a feeling agents pay the media to push their guys. I don't see it with any of them. And I am smarter than most GM's.
im getting deja vu to when eagles were deciding if wentz was the guy
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Someone somewhere along the line needs to stand up
Yes some of you other guys are right another team will just pay athlete regardless
So the leagues have to meet and come together and make an agreement and trust each other that they won't do that and I'll stand firm
If they strike, so be it let them sit their asses as long as they want and bring in athletes who will appreciate the good money they can make
Eventually the others will come crawling back
This is 100% true
Someone somewhere along the line needs to stand up
Yes some of you other guys are right another team will just pay athlete regardless
So the leagues have to meet and come together and make an agreement and trust each other that they won't do that and I'll stand firm
If they strike, so be it let them sit their asses as long as they want and bring in athletes who will appreciate the good money they can make
Eventually the others will come crawling back
