Just last season he hurt his foot in the opener and missed 3 games. Later in the season he had a concussion. Then he finished the season on IR with injuries to his hip and knee. He’s a little guy, and he’s taken a beating.
I’ll venture somewhere around 6 years and $270,000,000 with $150,000,000 guaranteed. Dak just got $40,000,000 AAV. No chance Allen takes 75% of that. Nearly no chance he takes only 100% of that.
Not a problem, I just find it amusing that you think Josh is going to leave $100,000,000 on the table whereas Mahomes’s incredibly team friendly deal is going to be some sort of albatross.
It’s not just a third round pick, though. It’s a third round pick AND $8,250,000. For that level of assets, I think I could get something better than a 31 year old TE coming off a terrible season who will be a FA in a year.
If the need is getting Josh killed because his RB can’t pick up a blitz to save his life, Lindsay is your guy. He was pretty good runner, but he doesn’t do much in terms of receiving and is a huge liability blocking. He’s also broken.
75% chance he wants to return. 50% chance we cut him if he does.
Up to $5M. It’s going to be heavily incentive laden. If he can’t play, it’s going to look a lot like the veteran minimum.
Sure, but Roaf didn’t have to beat cancer. There’s a very real chance he wants to secure as much guaranteed money as possible. Not all 4/$160M deals are created equal. Meanwhile, they just lost Mitchell Schwartz who is likely to be retiring at age 31.
I don’t think he’s trash by any means, but I sure as hell wouldn’t give up picks for the privilege of paying him $8.5 million. It’s entirely possible that he has a bounce back season, but counting on guys over 30 to do that is a big gamble.
That said, Josh with a weapon at TE would be dangerous.
31 and coming off the best season in history for a TE. If Ertz was coming off a career year, his age wouldn’t be a concern. Tom Brady is 43, so you thinking Tyrod’s going to hit his prime in 5 years?
72 targets, 36 catches, 1 TD, 5 drops, and 4.7 yards per target. There are “down years” and there are “worst pass catcher in the league” years. He’s over 30 and is the 7th highest paid TE.
You want to give up a draft pick for the right to pay him?
Mahomes played without three and a half first stringers, but most of them were out for all or the majority of the year. Allen had his entire line healthy. Advantage Mahomes, obviously. 🙄
And those players who played in their absence are called backups. So to repeat the question, do you think Mahomes line of mostly backups gave him an advantage over the line that was protecting Allen? When Kansas City brought pressure, Allen took big sacks and put the ball into harm’s way. When Buffalo brought pressure, Mahomes dodged it or got the ball out immediately.