The fifth year option is not as favorable as it used to be. Picks after 10 used to be a bargain but now the whole round's contracts have been replaced by a sliding scale based on playing time / accolades, and it's fully guaranteed. So the value of the 5th year might be less than the difference in contracts between 25 (4 years/$12.5 MM in 2020) and 33 (4 years/$8.7 MM).
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I really, really, really hope you are 100% correct.
Is it bad that I don't even hate this that much? Probably.
He's right. I watched the presser. I think there was a feeling that it was probably Jones, but there were enough whispers about people in the building loving Lance that no one was sure.
Seems like that would be rolling pretty hard, even by someone like Shanny. But if he believes in Jones, I guess it's defensible.
What team is giving anything up for him? No takers so far. Once their draft pick is in hand, the clock is ticking to the inevitable release.
I don't see Jimmy G as their break glass option at QB. They just traded up to #3 to draft a quarterback. In related news, they just bet their 49ers careers that whoever they draft is an immediate starter.
Good one, I put them up and you slam them down.
Sorry, I couldn't help myself.Good one, I put them up and you slam them down.
I don’t see fans or ownership having a problem with Lynch and Shanahan rolling into camp this year with Jimmy and a third overall QB. Obviously it is a failure if whoever they pick doesn’t eventually win the job from Jimmy G and put up top 10-12 QB production, but I don’t see the source of the immediate pressure to get the pick on the field Day 1 at all costs.
No they didn't. They have been very open about not necessarily having the rookie start, you spend months laying that groundwork you can afford to not start the rookie right away.
I mean.. it doesn't matter what they say. The idea that they would get fired (2 years from a SB) because the QB they drafted didn't start week 1 is absolutely insane. Rookie QBs usually start because they go to garbage teams who have no other options. A smart organization isn't going to rush their potential franchise QB, and starting week 1 is not any particular indicator of future success, many of the best QBs didn't start right away, and that helped them be prepared when the time came.
It will only be news if they lose or he doesn’t play well, in which case they could make a move anyway. If they are winning everything is hunky dory.
What is best for Jimmy is to play, and play well, ideally for a winner. The Niners represent a reasonable chance for this scenario. So do the Pats. A team like Denver, probably less so. He doesn’t have a lot of great options. Even if he was cut he’d still be getting a one year prove it deal. The only way he gets a multi year deal is if he plays well and stays healthy. With this Niners team they could make him look damn good again like they did in 2019 and he could parlay that into his next contract.
I mean, by the Stuart chart, it's actually 200 cents on the dollar - 4 is worth 25.8 & Patriots are giving up 51.7 to get there.
Nobody, least of all me, is suggesting that the Falcons would be trying to screw over the Patriots just because they're the Patriots. It's just a question of understanding what the Patriots are really willing to pay to get their guy, and then getting them to pay as close to their theoretical maximum as they can. The worst case for the Falcons is that the Patriots (or whomever else) don't fork over enough assets to trade up, so the Falcons take a generational TE prospect or a potential franchise QB themselves. The worst case for the Patriots is that Cam Newton starts 17 games for them in 2021.
What is his and his agent's play there....? I'll hold out and save you a whole bunch of money that I likely will never earn back? Jimmy should show up to camp in great shape, crush it and either have a great year and increase his value, or have a good start and get traded to a team that has a QB injury. Not playing isn't going to do much for him. SF isn't going to cut him or trade him for nothing to keep him from sitting out, all he's doing is eliminating his best chance to get paid to be a starter in this league.
Yeah, that's how any negotiation works. Seems more likely the Falcons take Pitts, the Bengals don't know how phones work & take Sewell or Chase, Miami takes Chase or Smith & then we can trade a couple knee biters to move up to 7 & take the guy there
I'll bet you $100 to the Jimmy Fund that Jimmy G plays zero snaps for the 49ers this year.
