Announcement: The Ravens Joe Flacco becomes NFL's Highest Paid QB

[Guiness]

Flacco's arrogance seems to know no bounds

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/joe-flacco-i-didnt-sign-last-year-because-i-thought-i-was-worth-more/

“I thought I was worth more and I didn’t see any circumstances where I wouldn’t get paid more than what they were willing to give me at that point,” Flacco said.

Um, what about a career ending injury? It's not like Baltimore disrespected him with a lowball offer. Oh wait a minute...
https://"http://www.csnbaltimore.com...about-respect"
From the clip

The priority of mine was to get that respect that I felt...that I feel now, from this organization

Wow do I hate the word 'respect' when athletes use it in reference to their contracts

[Fritz]

We live in a world that encourages people to measure respect by one's income.

[pbmax]

Flacco's arrogance seems to know no bounds

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/joe-flacco-i-didnt-sign-last-year-because-i-thought-i-was-worth-more/

Um, what about a career ending injury? It's not like Baltimore disrespected him with a lowball offer. Oh wait a minute...
https://"http://www.csnbaltimore.com...about-respect"
From the clip

Wow do I hate the word 'respect' when athletes use it in reference to their contracts

When you see it, substitute the word compensation or CASH! and it makes more sense.

[Cheesehead Craig]

I think we all need more respect from Mad.

[red]

a lot of pundits are saying a-rod is the next to get a deal

however.

theres three guys that have one year left on their contracts that will be getting new deals this next year matt ryan, mathew stafford, and tony romo.

you could make the case that all three of those guys are better QB's then joe flacco is, so all three of them might/should sign bigger deals then the flacco one

if a-rod should make more then all three of those guys. if he signs now, one of those other clowns will just beat the mark he set. however, if he holds off until next year HE will be the one setting the new benchmark.

in short, a-rod would make more money by waiting another year

question. can the packers just throw an extra few million at him in a bonus without giving him a new deal?

[Old School]

Will the salaries demanded by QB's be the demise of good football? Take a 20mil+QB. Add in a couple offensive playmakers at 10,and a CMIII LB and a shutdown corner at 10 each. Now you have 5 players at 60mil eating up 1/2 the salary cap. So 48 other fools have to be happy splitting the rest? That should make for a congenial locker room.

You can tell me I'd be the same,but I'd like to think I would be happy to be a top QB at 10mil (even that seems obscene) You can stick respect, swagger, and the rest of the self aggrandizing drivel where the sun don't shine.That leaves enough cap room for a couple all pro tackles to protect my sorry behind, and enough left over for other players who could make a Super Bowl run realistic.

After all, there are only a couple months of off season to burn thru multiple millions. Am I missing something?

[woodbuck27]

a lot of pundits are saying a-rod is the next to get a deal

however.

theres three guys that have one year left on their contracts that will be getting new deals this next year matt ryan, mathew stafford, and tony romo.

you could make the case that all three of those guys are better QB's then joe flacco is, so all three of them might/should sign bigger deals then the flacco one

if a-rod should make more then all three of those guys. if he signs now, one of those other clowns will just beat the mark he set. however, if he holds off until next year HE will be the one setting the new benchmark.

in short, a-rod would make more money by waiting another year

question. can the packers just throw an extra few million at him in a bonus without giving him a new deal?

You make a strong point red.

I believe it will be in the best interest of Aaron Rodgers to wait till the other QB contracts come in (Ryan, Stafford and Romo) before he gets down to establishing what he's worth. Next season should be a year to allow TT and the team time to see where they really are.

GO PACKERS !

[Guiness]

Will the salaries demanded by QB's be the demise of good football? Take a 20mil+QB. Add in a couple offensive playmakers at 10,and a CMIII LB and a shutdown corner at 10 each. Now you have 5 players at 60mil eating up 1/2 the salary cap. So 48 other fools have to be happy splitting the rest? That should make for a congenial locker room.

You can tell me I'd be the same,but I'd like to think I would be happy to be a top QB at 10mil (even that seems obscene) You can stick respect, swagger, and the rest of the self aggrandizing drivel where the sun don't shine.That leaves enough cap room for a couple all pro tackles to protect my sorry behind, and enough left over for other players who could make a Super Bowl run realistic.

After all, there are only a couple months of off season to burn thru multiple millions. Am I missing something?

You state a point I've pondered myself. Brady's contract makes it all the more interesting, especially if NE wins a SB in the near future.

Five guys making $60million and 50 others making the other $60million just doesn't seem logical. Is sabermetrics going to come to the NFL or will it not work because of how important the QB is?

edit: interesting, right after making this post, I went to PFT where there's an article about the Broncos asking Dumervil to take a pay cut, they could lose him because of that. If Peyton was making what he is, would they need to risk asking a top shelf passer rusher to play for less money?

[pbmax]

Will the salaries demanded by QB's be the demise of good football? Take a 20mil+QB. Add in a couple offensive playmakers at 10,and a CMIII LB and a shutdown corner at 10 each. Now you have 5 players at 60mil eating up 1/2 the salary cap. So 48 other fools have to be happy splitting the rest? That should make for a congenial locker room.

You can tell me I'd be the same,but I'd like to think I would be happy to be a top QB at 10mil (even that seems obscene) You can stick respect, swagger, and the rest of the self aggrandizing drivel where the sun don't shine.That leaves enough cap room for a couple all pro tackles to protect my sorry behind, and enough left over for other players who could make a Super Bowl run realistic.

After all, there are only a couple months of off season to burn thru multiple millions. Am I missing something?

That's what they said about Manning's contract about 3 years before he won his Super Bowl. It could be an issue, but there are so many other moving parts (age of team, number of min vets, etc) that I am not sure its determinative.

I would expect teams with low to medium costs at QB to be far worse teams. It would be worth a look.

[red]

i'll say one other thing

i'm gonna feel a whole hell of a lot better paying a-rod 20+ million a year then i would be paying flacco that much

[Old School]

When a team like Baltimore overpays a QB in an attempt to create the illusion that he is among the elite QB's in the league, what does that do to the price of an actually elite QB? What if they had paid him 25mil?

[Guiness]

Well shoot, Vince Young is saying he`s better than "a lot of, most quarterbacks in the league"

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/eye-on-football/21825929/vince-young-still-feels-like-he-can-do-better-job-than-most-qbs-in-nfl

The Ravens could've saved themselves a boatload of money, I be he'd sign for cheaper than Flacco did!

[woodbuck27]

When a team like Baltimore overpays a QB in an attempt to create the illusion that he is among the elite QB's in the league, what does that do to the price of an actually elite QB? What if they had paid him 25mil?

Take that thought and look at the facts:

Fr: http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/...-contract-soon

Report: Packers to offer Rodgers lucrative contract soon ... Mar 5, 2013

Rodgers and Flacco have started five seasons in the NFL, with 'Rodgers holding a commanding edge' in career statistics.

Rodgers has a 104.9 career passer rating with 171 touchdown passes and 46 interceptions and has thrown for 21,661 yards.

Flacco has an 86.3 career passer rating with 102 touchdown passes and 56 interceptions and has thrown for 17,663 yards.

Rodgers led the Packers to a Super Bowl title two years ago and was named the game’s MVP. He followed that up by winning the league MVP award in 2011 when he threw 45 touchdown passes and just six interceptions and set the single-season NFL passer rating record of 122.5.

Last season Rodgers threw 39 touchdown passes with eight interceptions and led the NFL again in passer rating at 108.0.

GO PACK GO!

[Old School]

Another factor that may impact the ability of a team to sign a free agent top player is taxes as pointed out in this article.

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2013/03/07/tax-bite-sacks-flacco-status-as-nfl-highest-paid-player-status/

The difference in the tax burden from one state to another can be many 100's of thousands of dollars. A team could offer less money and the player could still come out ahead.

[Guiness]

Now Flacco thinks Boldin should not accept a pay cut. Lol, does this guy understand accounting at the very lowest levels? That there's a cap? That him signing for $20mil + year is the reason the Ravens CAN'T pay him that money and hope to field a competitive NFL team, i.e. not have guys making the NFL vet minimum at just about every other position?

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/10/flacco-says-boldin-should-stick-to-his-guns/