Originally posted by 9erson3:
It's not a bad thing and we shouldn't take it that way. I think what half the fan base is saying whoa your jets a little and lets watch this pan out another year or so while the other half is hell fork over $60m a year. He's the best since Young.
The smart move is option A. (settle on a lower shorter length contract). It's not like there won't be another contract later if he is the guy we think and hope.
There is a bit of mystique being the Mr Irrelevant and everyone wants that true fairy book ending but I think some are pushing that along before we really know.
There are a lot less people saying "fork over $60m a year" than there are people saying "don't extend him" or "give him $40m a year"
A lot of people(myself included) aren't even talking specific numbers, simply pointing out that Brock has been the best QB in many areas in a long time and is a great fit for the offense we have and the team would be smart to extend him now.
Personally I've said for months the actual APY conversations are dumb. All I care about are the details of the contract and used Jalen Hurts' deal as a comparable situation where the APY initially reported is nothing close to the cap hits he's going to realistically get. I expect something similar to Brock.
My main issue is people downplaying Brock's ability simply because they don't see him as the elite QB in the game. I don't either but I also don't care where he's ranked or how he stacks up vs those guys, I care about what he would do here in our offense.