CeeDee Lamb gets paid: 4 year $136M extension

[BarleyNY]

 

 

Edited August 26 by BarleyNY

[appoo]

would you rather have CeeDee Lamb or Micah Parsons? A big salary cap hike might protect the Cowboys from having to make this choice though, but it still very much might be a thing

[Avisan]

Man.  34 mil per year is STEEP.  That's a pretty big chunk of the cap for one player.  Wild how much the top end of contracts has exploded.

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

How long before Diggs demands a new deal?

[BarleyNY]

Just now, appoo said:

would you rather have CeeDee Lamb or Micah Parsons? A big salary cap hike might protect the Cowboys from having to make this choice though, but it still very much might be a thing

Lamb. Parsons is a fantastic, elite player, but there are a lot of rumors that no one in the locker room would miss him if he got traded. 

Just now, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

How long before Diggs demands a new deal?

Probably next offseason since he’ll be a free agent. 

[nucci]

2 minutes ago, appoo said:

would you rather have CeeDee Lamb or Micah Parsons? A big salary cap hike might protect the Cowboys from having to make this choice though, but it still very much might be a thing

Lamb

[BarleyNY]

1 minute ago, Avisan said:

Man.  34 mil per year is STEEP.  That's a pretty big chunk of the cap for one player.  Wild how much the top end of contracts has exploded.

Justin Jefferson got $35M AAV so a deal just shy of that was expected. But, yeah, that is a lot of money/cap. 

[Brand J]

3 minutes ago, appoo said:

would you rather have CeeDee Lamb or Micah Parsons? A big salary cap hike might protect the Cowboys from having to make this choice though, but it still very much might be a thing

I’d take Parsons, even with his antics. You can find more game changing WRs - even as rookies - than you can elite pass rushers. 

[Billl]

5 minutes ago, appoo said:

would you rather have CeeDee Lamb or Micah Parsons? A big salary cap hike might protect the Cowboys from having to make this choice though, but it still very much might be a thing

They can afford both.

[Kirby Jackson]

So much for that guy on WGR this morning that wanted to trade Elam (and maybe a draft pick) for Lamb.

[Royale with Cheese]

Great...now how are we going to be able to afford Mack Hollins now?

[Virgil]

SanFran does not approve this message

 

Meanwhile, Aiyuk is at the car dealership shopping 

[Matt_In_NH]

With the supply of WR's coming out of college, I dont see why the market is growing so fast.

[oldmanfan]

Insane

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

13 minutes ago, BarleyNY said:

Probably next offseason since he’ll be a free agent. 

 

I don't let facts get  in the way of a good argument

[Donuts and Doritos]

Now if only they had a QB. 

 

Brady, Manning, Rodgers, Mahomes, Brees all won without break the bank receivers. 

Edited August 26 by Donuts and Doritos

[QCity]

And this is why you draft WRs early. Going forward it's going to be a herculean feat to get a young stud WR in FA. They've surpassed pass rushers for the #2 spot.

[Logic]

Interesting to see the divide in the league right now:

Teams that are willing to pay $30million+ to sign a stud WR1 vs teams that decide to go the "WR by committee" route.

The Chiefs opted to go the latter route and let Hill walk. The Bills initially were part of the "pay megabucks to a WR1" camp, but then traded Diggs away and are going with option two now.

Will be interesting to see how trends involve in the league with this issue.

As for Lamb getting paid...I can't help but wonder if the other WR dominos (Chase, Aiyuk, etc) begin to fall now.

[gonzo1105]

14 minutes ago, Virgil said:

SanFran does not approve this message

 

Meanwhile, Aiyuk is at the car dealership shopping 

I think that’s where the issue lies with SF and Aiyuk. Aiyuk wants that type of money but SF doesn’t think he’s worth that amount but would prob gladly pay him like 25 a season 

[The Jokeman]

25 minutes ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

How long before Diggs demands a new deal?

After the season if he can prove he can be as good as he was under Allen with Stroud. That said the Bengals aren't gonna like that if want to reup Chase unless they do HIggins for less on an extension and let Chase walk.