Originally posted by BOI49er:
It's projected at $41m for 2026 and $51m for 2027, so with his $5m this year, he'd get $97m over three years, or $32.3m/yr average for the three years. How can that look better to him than signing a long term contract with lots of guaranteed money and cash up front? The team has the leverage, and he has to sign. No worries, mate.
Yeah but the way that impacts the salary cap, the franchise tag, is brutal.
if we sign an extension with Brock, we can make his cap hit in the 15-25M range for the first 3-4 years (look at Jalen hurts).
if we do the franchise tag, the entire tag price is an entire chunk of the salary cap. Much much much Much less cap flexibility. So his cap hit in 2026 and 2027 would be $41M and 51M. Making him one of the highest cap hits in the league.
for context, hurts signed a $50M+ extension (like Brocks) deal but the first four years cap hits are
2023: $6.1M
2024: $13.4M
2025: $21.8M
2026: $31.9M
so using the franchise tag would be very dumb, lol it's not really a saving at all. It hurts the next few years. We would have to pay Brock in one year (for one year of play) what hurts cap hit was for four years. Which his cap number is a big reason they've maintained a great team around him.
Ive been saying for a long time now - I hope he does a structure like what hurts did (triple option structure).
[ Edited by tankle104 on Mar 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM ]