paco wrote: ↑22 Apr 2022 14:09
Reports that Packers are showing interest in Deebo. Probably the high dollar WR I want the least.
Despite his crazy success, I'm still not in love with him. A little unimpressed by his TD production, only 10 TD's in 3 years now.
However, I really do love him for this O (similar to Shanahan's obviously) a lot more than I do a guy like Metcalf. So he would probably be my #1 choice if we trade. I obviously love AJ Brown as anyone followed that draft with will tell you, but as a fantasy owner, I'm nervous about his durability.
But yeah, guessing he would get at least what we got for Davante, probably more, in trade compensation. Would be hard to part with 22, 53 and then probably something from 2023.
Would be a smarter sign though, contractually. Davante likely to start slowing down, Deebo just entering prime, got him for pennies at least one year. We were willing to pay Davante crazy money.
These younger lot of guys should be signing smaller contract than Tae and Hill. 2023 Franchise tag estimate is only like 20 million. That would make 2024 24 million. He's set to make 4 million this year. 48 over the next 3 years, that should be a pretty standard starting point for negotiations.
So toss on two more years at 30 million per, should be talking about, that's only 108 million over 5 years, or under 22 million per. That should kind of be the ceiling for any of this lot of WR's, Deebo, Brown, McLaurin, Claypool, etc. Just the way contracts are set up, they don't have the leverage the other guys had. yet it can still be called a 4 year 104 million (26 annually) in new money for a fancy headline and we can spread out the money how we see fit over the 5 years more or less.
And frankly I don't think any of those guys should be getting that kind of money either, that money should be for guys like Justin Jefferson and Jamar Chase when the time comes.