Flacco the team player. Takes 3 year extension, lowers cap hit.

[gooftroop]

Exactly my point.

[beanfigger]

51 minutes ago, rmcjacket23 said:

Not really...

1. His two year extension he signed is for $41M in new money...a $20.5M average. Hardly a massive paycut.

2. He got a $28M signing bonus, of which he will make $29M in 2016. He will, however, only make $1M in 2017.

3. The Pats wisely slashed his base salary to $1M in 2016, so if he's suspended, he will only lose $250K. Had the suspension been upheld last season, he would have lost $2M.

Pretty sure he's saying the same thing. He's saying the media is wrong for portraying it the way they do.

[rmcjacket23]

1 hour ago, beanfigger said:

Pretty sure he's saying the same thing. He's saying the media is wrong for portraying it the way they do.

Well, the guy is literally playing for $1M in 2017...

[1/28/01]

Love how you're negged for stating the truth about Brady.  Flacco gets a $40M signing bonus and he's a hero and here Brady routinely actually takes less and its overlooked or laughed at. 

[allblackraven]

Some people here forgot about NE quarterback's restructure (just after Flacco's first big deal) in which he also helped the team with cap space and in turn got $60M up front. He is 39 - near $30M for 2 years is really cool at that age.

Edited March 14, 2016 by allblackraven

[beanfigger]

7 hours ago, 1/28/01 said:

Love how you're negged for stating the truth about Brady.  Flacco gets a $40M signing bonus and he's a hero and here Brady routinely actually takes less and its overlooked or laughed at. 

What's the difference between $60M in new money for a three year extension and $40M in new money for a two-year extension?

[rmcjacket23]

9 hours ago, allblackraven said:

Some people here forgot about NE quarterback's restructure (just after Flacco's first big deal) in which he also helped the team with cap space and in turn got $60M up front. He is 39 - near $30M for 2 years is really cool at that age.

Yeah, he didn't get that much though. He did a restructure that helped cap space and got a (then) fully guaranteed contract, although that eventually became guaranteed for injury only.

Brady's pay the last five years:

2011: $9.75M

2012: $12M

2013: $13M

2014: $19M

2015: $13M

That's $66.75M over five years, an average of $13.35M/year during that span.

He will make $30M in the next two years, and potentially $60M over the next four.