Originally posted by NYniner85:Originally posted by krizay:Its not the same as it used to be. If that player is worth the 5th year option you are paying him a pretty hefty price.
Huh? It's all relative...go look at AA or Buck. You got AA for $9M vs $17M. Buck was a top 10 pick, so there's a different formula, but still he was at $12M vs $21M on a LT deal. It's also less than the tag. Another yr of player control is what teams want (at least have that option).
Players contracts will continue to go up and the way the formula works, It will continue to make the 5th yr option great to have if you don't want to invest LT, yet.
What are you talking about? Armstead was never going to get $17 million/year before his breakout season last year. If anything, we probably could have signed him to a $11-12 million/year long term deal if he didn't have a 5th year option so it cost us money.
Only 3 teams from pick 20-32 decided to exercise the 5th year option for 2020. We didn't with Garnett (would have had to pay him >$10 million). The Packers saved some money with Kenny Clark and the Bengals saved money with Will Jackson but it barely made a difference for other teams. Will Fuller wasn't going to get much more than $10 million/year.
It's much more valuable for top 20 picks because those guys end up being worth keeping more often.
That's particularly true under the new CBA where the 5th year option is no longer tied to draft slot. The changes reduce the value of picks from 11-32 (and probably the value of the top picks as well if they make the pro bowl).
Compensation starts at the average of the 3rd through 25th salaries at your position. If you play at least 50% of the snaps in each of the first 3 years of at least 75% of snaps in 2 of the 3 years, you get the average of the 3rd through 20th salaries. If you make the Pro Bowl in one of the first 3 years, you get the the transition tag. If a player makes two Pro Bowls in their first 3 years, the 5th year option becomes the franchise tag.