Daniels extended!

[smuggler]

4 years // $42 million

[smuggler]

$12 million signing bonus

All told, a pretty reasonable contract for him.

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thats a huge contract for a 3-4 DE

but he is easily our best lineman, glad it got wrapped up before free agency

sorry bj, no more money left for you

[Cheesehead Craig]

Fantastic run stuffer. Great to see him stay in GB. Will be interesting to see how the money is structured.

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now the third highest paid 3-4 DE in the nfl

this is how TT works. this summer, daniels wanted 10 million a year, the packers would only offer far less then that. talks broke down.

and now daniels signs for more then what he wanted to sign for just a few months ok

tt at his finest

[smuggler]

Not going to be third highest for long. Fletcher Cox and Muhammed Wilkerson will be due for new contracts in the off-season. This will be great value with a $155m or higher salary cap.

[ThunderDan]

now the third highest paid 3-4 DE in the nfl

this is how TT works. this summer, daniels wanted 10 million a year, the packers would only offer far less then that. talks broke down.

and now daniels signs for more then what he wanted to sign for just a few months ok

tt at his finest

This makes no sense. They couldn't agree on the contract because they didn't think Daniels was worth that before the season. Daniels is having a very solid 2015 and at this level of play is worth the $12M. If he hit free agency would cost a lot more than $12M per season. Think Flacco and the Ravens.

If Daniels had gotten injured this year after TT had extended him this summer you would be screaming that it was stupid to extend Daniels early.

I am glad we got it done and I am glad Daniels has been playing well this year.

[pbmax]

now the third highest paid 3-4 DE in the nfl

this is how TT works. this summer, daniels wanted 10 million a year, the packers would only offer far less then that. talks broke down.

and now daniels signs for more then what he wanted to sign for just a few months ok

tt at his finest

Remember the funny money rule. How much is he getting in the first two years?

[smuggler]

$22m, if you count the bonus. I don't know why you wouldn't.

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Remember the funny money rule. How much is he getting in the first two years?

yeah, but TT really doesn't do "funny money" deals

[red]

This makes no sense. They couldn't agree on the contract because they didn't think Daniels was worth that before the season. Daniels is having a very solid 2015 and at this level of play is worth the $12M. If he hit free agency would cost a lot more than $12M per season. Think Flacco and the Ravens.

If Daniels had gotten injured this year after TT had extended him this summer you would be screaming that it was stupid to extend Daniels early.

I am glad we got it done and I am glad Daniels has been playing well this year.

nah, if you go back a read all my posts ypu'll find that i might be the most vocal person on here about getting your players re-signed early

[Patler]

now the third highest paid 3-4 DE in the nfl

this is how TT works. this summer, daniels wanted 10 million a year, the packers would only offer far less then that. talks broke down.

and now daniels signs for more then what he wanted to sign for just a few months ok

tt at his finest

Ya, too bad he didn't pay Raji what he wanted a couple years ago, too, wasn't it? Or Jennings what he wanted instead of sticking to their evaluation of his worth.

Things can change over the course of a season, sometimes to the benefit of the player, sometimes to the benefit of the team. When delay benefits the player, is is usually only a few million difference. When it benefits the team, it is usually for the bulk of the value of the contract.

Maybe the Packers now feel they have extra money to play with, because they don't intend to keep Peppers, freeing up $7.5M or so next year; or because they don't feel the need to save money to offer Hayward with Randall and Rollins fitting in nicely, or because they don't intend to sign Guion long term, etc. There can be a lot of reasons they didn't have $10M/year for him a year ago, but have $12M/year for him now.

Then, again, maybe the reported $10M/year that Daniels supposedly wanted was for the public/press only, and he was really asking for a lot more when dealing with the team. Or, maybe he would have signed for $8M/year. The "wouldas" in these situations are not very reliable, and aren't worth worrying about.

[pbmax]

Over the course of half a year, Daniels has demonstrated he deserves that kind of money, or more particularly, that he would attract offers for that kind of money in the offseason.

If he earned 1.5 mil more than the original Packer offer (just a guess, less than $10mi per versus the $11mil per he got in the first 2 years), and its essentially guaranteed for 2 years, its not a huge hit for the team.

[texaspackerbacker]

It seemed like Daniels had one of his lesser games against the Cowboys. I'm fairly glad they extended him - I guess he's worth it. He's good, but that's in part from playing next to damn Raji (the comparison I mean - NOT benefiting from Raji's play). With the relative lack of success the Packers have had developing other good D Linemen, keeping him was a necessary move.

[Tony Oday]

I still think Peppers plays here next year.