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Originally Posted by Chaka
Not sure it’s that bad of a precedent. Taylor got no increase in this year’s salary, and the average salary for the following three years (where he was unsigned) is $14 million, with only a little more than 60% ($26.5M) guaranteed. The franchise number (fully guaranteed) for next year would probably have been in the $11M-$12M range). The devil’s in the details, as always, and those aren’t all available yet. Not sure Taylor wouldn’t have done better by waiting until the end of the season to negotiate an extension though.
EDIT: it looks like the projected franchise number for RBs next year will actually be over $13M, per Overthecap
http://https://overthecap.com/franch...nd-rfa-tenders |
I wasn't referring to the numbers. They seem to be fine. As you point out similar to the franchise tag annually. I'm guessing too that the guaranteed dollars are front loaded so if JT does drop off we can get out of the final year w/out a big cap hit.
The precedent I was talking about was extending him without him proving anything post injury on the field after JT held out, potentially faked an injury, and acting like a giant douche for several months.