Originally posted by FootballExpert49ers:
Originally posted by DrEll:
Torn elbow.
Bum shoulder.
Already in a young 3 year career.
you guys want to pay this guy 60 million per on likely a 5 year contract.
not sure it's the right move
but if Brock forces our hand which he likely will, then there better be loop holes where we have an easy out in year 2 or 3.
other guys that have signed recently with monster contracts did not have that kind of injury history. Burrow sustained his after he signed the contract.
Nearly every QB gets injured nearly ever year. Burrow, whom you mentioned, had 2 season ending injuries. Do you not pay him? Dak gets hurt all the time. Herbert gets hurt all the time. Tua gets hurt all the time.
Rodgers. Cousins just had a season ending injury in 2023. Darnold got injured in Carolina. DeShaun Watson is out for the season. Trevor Lawrence is injured. C.J. Stroud already missed a game last year.
That's modern football.
You pay the QB because it's the only position that really matters. The others, aside from kicker, are all interchangeable and you never pay them.
Also, every Kyle QB gets injured. Mullens had the same elbow injury as Brock. Trey couldn't play 2 games without getting injured. Jimmy got injured all the time. Kyle ran out of QBs with Josh Johnson getting injured.
Yea but this is 2 injuries on his throwing arm in just about 2 years. And this is a quarterback that isn't necessarily known for a canon for an arm to begin with. He's gonna end up throwing Ken Dorsey / Shaun Hill level ducks at this rate