especially playing in Green Bay. He's got plenty of money.
Now, a four-year 84 million dollar
extension 21 million
per year in new money. It's just a shade under 20 million.
When you take into account, what he was due to make this
year, under his fifth year option. However,
the Packers true to form they and the Bengals are the only
ones who still do this.
No guaranteed money
Beyond. And the first year and I got to break down yesterday.
I
texted my source and I said are you sure that it's all? I
the only guarantees the 30 million dollar signing bonus nothing
else now. Yeah, that's a Packers. Ho? Yeah, it's
the Packers.
No guarantee beyond the 30 million dollar signing bonus,
his salary for this year isn't even guaranteed, which is just
kind of weird because he's going to make it. It's
practically guaranteed. Yeah. This is the way the Packers do
things.
They do not do any guarantees
for veteran players. Other.
Quarterback beyond the first year
and even Jr. Alexander goes along with it. TJ W last year
in Pittsburgh, because they're one of the other teams used to
do. It changed. He wasn't buying that he forced him to
change it. So it's the Packers and the Bengals right now are
the two who still
do it and we'll see whether or not the Steelers, do it with
a guy like make a Fitzpatrick, or anyone else, whether it was
a one-time thing with TJ W, or whether they have turned
the page on that practice. Yeah. It is an interesting practice it
is. I mean, you know, again, the way this the contract
structure did everything, let you just talking about it
a lot. Not like the, you know, the first two, three years,
certainly seem like you're going to collect that money or
that would just be a bad
business move by
the Green Bay Packers, but I don't get it.
I do wonder sometimes how the players kind of like,
you know, take it as well. I think, because if I'm dryer
Xander, I'm at least looking at the guy that just signed
a contract at a corner position at like two weeks ago and
Denzel
Warren and go. He got 71 million, guaranteed. I'm only
going to get 30 guaranteed, if something bad happens or
whatever.
I got to thinking, it's only a matter of time before somebody,
you know, makes life hard on Green Bay, but good for dry air
Alexander. He is one of the best corners in football.
There's no question. I know he was hurt last year for a good
amount of the year,
but truly, an island Corner,
cover that guy, and he can shut him down. He's as good as they
get,
he's got a big payment due early. March of next year, or
early in the league year, in March, mid March of next year,
right? So if they would cut him to avoid that payment, he'd get
31. Million for one year and then he becomes a free agent
very early. So the chances
of him not getting that payment or slim but still guys want to
have that guaranteed money. They want to know that that
they are getting that payment. They are getting that
compensation and they're not going to have to leave a team
that they
want to stay with, but
still a good deal for him. If he plays out the next five
years and no other thing, the Packers put into this, right?
You mentioned the injuries, right? He's got 650 thousand
per year.
A game roster bonus right? Meaning you got to be on the on
the game day roster to get the money. So if you're injured and
you're out that week, you lose 1/17 of six hundred fifty
thousand dollars and that money never comes back and that
always gets factored into the base deal
when people do these calculations,
it's hardly guaranteed. Yeah, especially for a guy, who's
Miss some time. Sure, you're good. You're gonna a 17-game
season. You're going to miss a game or two. It's unlikely.
You're going to play all 17 and you lose that payment if you
can't play. Yeah. Now you're right. That's a real thing.
Thing that I think a lot of
people kind of gloss over
it is definitely
the one thing to I'll say with Green Bay.
I do like what they're doing
a little bit with their football team. As far as
I thought they had a good draft definitely and damn them. You
know, Mike give me look at them and you go their defense you
just go. Wow, you know minute. They gots got some guys on
there right now where you go there and kind of set
up on that side of the ball here for a little while to
where you start to go. They might be looking pretty legit
and I'll got your on read in the offseason of
They got Rashon Gary and Preston Smith. We know that.
But then the to Georgia guys in the first round,
the first rounder from Georgia at corner last year.
Stokes. He's a hell of a player. Like a really damn good
corner. You got Jai are to go along with it. I mean,
so they're not going to have the pressure of having to worry
about Rogers, always having to carry them or make things
happen. And the team that's looks like at least on paper,
their defense is gonna be able to win them some games.
Yeah,
and maybe maybe If they were doing the, the hype for that
week, one game
on Fox, like last week. It wouldn't be Rashon. Gary. It
would be J. Ur Alexander. Yeah, you're right. Rhonda on there,
with are Aaron Rodgers. And, and
who's next. Let's see. Davante. Adams is gone. Who else can we
put on here? Jr. Alexander. And we've kind of forgotten about
him because he didn't play as much last year, but he is
a special talent on the back end of that defense.
And the contract shows that they
believe it.