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Quarterback contracts are going to be discussed every year as players sign new deals and resolve financial disputes with their teams. This summer saw a slew of quarterbacks sign market-rate extensions, but where this year differed from previous years, to a degree, is that a few of these QBs who signed deals largely have incomplete résumés.
It wasn’t like Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson, who have both won multiple division titles and made runs to the AFC championship game despite not making a Super Bowl, getting deals from their respective teams in 2021 (Allen) and 2023 (Jackson). Just about everyone who has shown any signs of sustainability is getting big-time deals, which is fine. It’s incredibly difficult to find a quarterback, and no team will ever be brave enough to just let their guy hit the market (although Jerry Jones might have something to say about that soon).
Still, the contracts of Jordan Love, Tua Tagovailoa and Trevor Lawrence have some people scratching their heads.
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Let’s take this one-by-one, starting with Love, who recently became the NFL’s highest-paid quarterback with a monster $220 million contract from the Packers. The reason why this could be seen as risky is obvious: Love has only started one season for the Packers, and not all of it was good. Now, considering that Love became the most dynamic and efficient thrower of the football over the final half of the season, it would’ve been irresponsible to not pay him.
He was absolutely unflappable, nearly leading the Packers to the NFC title game. The future looks bright for Love and the Packers. The only concern for Love is if he somehow regresses back to the point where he was earlier last season, where the accuracy was a bit spotty and general manager Brian Gutekunst was declaring publicly the remainder of the season would be “very important” for Love. Still, the expectation for Love and the Packers should be a top-10 passing game…
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Author : Yahoo Sports
Publish date : 2024-07-29 23:44:41
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