and a very astute reader pointed out to me via email
overnight that the Raiders actually got two big wins this
week
because number one, they trade for Davante Adams. One of
the best receivers in the NFL, and number two, the contract. They
give to Davante Adams, throws a wrench permanently
in the relationship between the Chiefs and Tyree killing gets
Hill, the hell out of the division at a time when all
these teams are loading up with veteran talents, so,
You'll win double. Whammy for the Raiders. Here's
Drew Rosenhaus. Who represents Tyree kill
on the Joe Rose show yesterday? Talking about how that Davante
Adams trade turned, everything upside down and pave the way
for Hill to be traded to Miami.
The bottom line is he was in the last year of his contract.
We'd actually worked out a restructure
that the Chiefs wanted just a week before,
and it really looked like we were going to just continue to
work towards a contract extension. There was even
a report that, you know, we were close to a deal that was
inaccurate, but we were working on it.
And then the atoms feel, really flipped everything upside down
and, you know, the Chiefs. I think they had the,
you know, the foresight to see the Terry cuisine. Last year of
his contract, and we weren't going to take,
you know, a deal that that wasn't better than atoms. So
they recognize that this would be probably
their last year with Tyreke,
and this was their opportunity to,
you know, to potentially rebuild it that at that
position. And the Dolphins are a team that is trying to get to
where the Chiefs are
reported on March, 4th at the Chiefs and Tyree kill, were
negotiating an extension to that contract. It had one year
left on and on March 12, Tyree kill posted, a tweet. That
Shirin Williams. Saw it. It was a Saturday night. And she said,
does this mean he's got an extension coming? And I looked
interns like, no, no extension and it didn't dawn on me at
the time
that maybe this was a good bye. We came a long way. Thank you.
Chiefs Kingdom. I'm forever indebted. Things, got quiet
after that until the trade happened along. The way Davante
Adams
was traded and Peter. Here's what's amazing to me
when you consider all of the
Who are covering the NFL all the time, all the people who
are plugged into the Matrix, all the people who are covering
it nationally. All the people who are covering these teams
locally.
After the Davante, Adams trade last week, Drew Rosenhaus gets
permission to shop Tyree kill and he contacts
every single NFL team.
Every one of them
eventually negotiates with roughly a dozen
and none of this
gets out. None of it gets reported.
We had no idea. This was happening until boil down to
Jets and dolphins. And it was right at the point where a deal
was being done. That's
When we first caught any whiff of Tyree kill being traded
every team, knew
the Rosenhaus was shopping one of the great weapons in
football. One of the best receivers of this generation.
And nobody said a word about it. It's just amazing at a time
when people are swarming and maybe it's because we're all.
So damn busy covering the
huge story of the day every single day that this one
slipped through our Collective five hole, but it really does
Astound me to time when there's so much information and rumor
and gossip about the NFL.
We didn't see this coming.
Nobody. Saw it coming.
Mike, I II have a tremendous amount of respect for Drew
Rosenhaus, being able to use leverage
as well as anybody in his business. May be better than anybody
in his business,
but
I'll also make this point.
You know, I understand when everybody would what everybody
would say about the Davante Adams contract, I get it
but Davante Adams is not playing under the fourth and
fifth years of his contract.
You know, I'm not saying those are upfront phony years,
but there is a clear understanding
that at age 33.
That he's not going to be making 36 million dollars in
base salary from the Las Vegas, Raiders. And at 34. He
certainly not going to be making
36 million dollars in base salary. So
although that has gotten a lot of attention
that, you know, the gross dollars in this contract,
whatever, five years 140, whatever it was. Just remember
this at its core
is really a three-year 67 million dollar contract.
That after the third year, if he stays in Vegas
is going to be redone.
So, I don't know. I,
hey look, I
think Miami made a move that Stephen Ross
is says, look, I am sick of having our goal being to be
the second or third best team in this division,
you know, so I get it. I know why he did this. I know why
they did this and I do not Not fault them, one bit for
reaching for the brass ring.
But,
you know, you got to be realistic about what? Exactly
the Davante Adams. Contract is.
Well, and you're right, three years 67.5. And that was
something we spotted from the get-go. Anytime. One of these
deals sounds a little Rich, sounds a little off Von Miller,
six years. 120.
The reality usually is built into the backend
and Peter its
I don't know why they still do it. Like, if I'm the player,
what benefit, do I derive from having everyone? I know think
I'm making a hell of a lot more money than I really am.
They're already asking me for everything.
They're not going to ask me for anything less
if they think I'm making
20 million a year
after Ike, isn't it a lot? You think,
don't you think it's. It's just Pride.
I am going to make on paper.
More than any receiver who's ever played
period. It is a point of Pride. I am going to beat DeAndre
Hopkins.
That's what I'm going to do in this contract
and that to me that in. Look. I don't know how long Tyree kill
is going to play. I don't, I don't know how many years
he'll play, but almost every gigantic contract gets
addressed.
Two years or at least one. But, but most times two years before
it's over in the long term
and that's exactly what's going to happen with Adams.
Yeah, The Tyree kill Dil is a prime example of this. There's
fluff on the back end that drove it up to a 30 million
dollar per year contract in new money, average, Davante Adams,
28 million .25 in new money, average. And I think it's more
for the benefit of the agent than it is for
the player because Agent wants to have
his or her name attached to that contract. The technically goes
into all the databases as the richest new money deal. Even if
the back end of it is going to get flushed down the toilet,
but
it seems like every day or every other day.
There's another one of these deals done where your Spider
Sense tells you there's some fluff and some puff on the back
end.
And and if you, if you think that it is, if you follow it
closely and you have a feeling it is Usually, it is every once
in a while. It's like, wow. That's real. That's impressive.
But
but a lot of the times it is,
it is a bunch of crap
that gets peddled voluntarily in happily, by the people who
get the initial text messages from the agents. Because if
they say no thanks, I'm not going to pass this BS along to
my audience. The other ones will, so it all gets out there
and he gets to bake in for
24 to 48 hours before the truth, catches up to it, by
then. Nobody really cares. Except for the really glaring.
In ones. And one of the really glaring is when this year was
Juju Smith Schuster yet. Everybody said, one year 10 .75
will soon as I saw this is there's no way it's one year.
10 .75
and ends up being 1 year 3. .25
with a seven and a half million dollar upside, which on one
hand. He's gonna have a better chance to earn now, without
Tyree kill. On the other hand is not be harder.
There is it's going to be harder without Tyree kill
because Tyree kills, not going to be attracting all that
attention. And Peter. This is one thing, I'd love to know
because I looked at the Timeline Davante Adams gets
traded
one day. Day the next day Juju agrees to terms
with the Chiefs.
What did the Chiefs know about Tyreke Hill
when that deal was done.
What did you do? You know about Tyree kill,
Juju put his name on that contract beckenham anybody. But
actually, it was going to happen. Yes, I would bet. The
Chiefs knew exactly what was going to happen.
Do you think they're going to tell?
You know, it's faster.
Heck, no, but it's a hella. Why were the people would? They
Peter? It's a hell of a way to start to relationship because
now
Juju Smith Schuster's. Got to Be Wondering at some level and
he's been around long enough that any z's is Savvy guy. He's
got to be thinking those bastards.
They knew what they were going to do. No, I don't know what
he's even not. Put Tire will tell you.
Mike, I'll tell you exactly what he's thinking. Like
I would I would think he's a he's a
Jew dismiss Schuster
is obviously he's
you know, he carries himself as this
jokester humanitarian,
you know, he's a he's this guy's a good guy.
I think a really good buy.
And he understands
if I'm healthy for 17 games.
I'm catching a hundred and twenty balls
in this off. It's without any question.
I'm catching 120 balls
and a year from now.
We'll see who lowballs me,
you know a year from now. I am going to get paid the same way
that these guys get paid. Maybe I'm not going to make 30
million a year,
but I'll be making 22 million a year a year from now. And look
I I've thought about this a lot the last couple days just
watching the world spin.
There's a few players this year in the free-agent. Agency crop
or who have been traded,
who I look at it. And I say to myself
that guy is going to have an incredible
season and I believed you juice. Mr. Schuester, if
healthy will catch
more than 100 Balls,
have more than 10 touchdowns
and averaged more than let's say 13 or 14
yards, a catch in that offense. He is going to be lethal.