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Originally Posted by IndyNorm
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.
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I get it, but it's always a matter of each side's appetite for risk in comparison to the benefit, right? I mean, if the deal's good enough for the Colts, I'm sure they'd extend any core player even though there may be lots of risk in doing so.
I agree this deal can and will be used by those with an agenda to say the Colts caved, but maybe that's partly the point. The dollar figure lets Taylor save some face after he painted himself into a bit of a corner, but is it really all that great for him? He didn't get anything better for himself this year, and he's locked up his age 25-27 prime seasons at a price which is likely to be undermarket if he plays well. If he plays poorly, then I suppose Taylor's bought himself some financial security that he wouldn't have had otherwise and it will be a bad deal for the Colts, but that's the trade-off. Even then, however, its a relatively short 3-year contract and the Colts appear to have built in some downside protection since only a bit more than 60% of the contract is guaranteed. We still don't have some of the fine details on the contract structure, but even assuming the $26.5M is fully guaranteed in all respects and irrevocable, it doesn't sound like a giant win for Taylor by any stretch.
So, at the end of the day, maybe the Colts caved a little in changing their position on an early extension, but in exchange they locked him up for three years at what they probably believe is a pretty reasonable price. This is no record setting contract ala Quenton Nelson or Shaq Leonard.