Cam's Contract Projection by Spotrac

[KSpan]

He's not taking a pay cut. We can't poo on stupid New Orleans fans when they thought Drew would do the same. People want to get paid, period.

25 Million is crazy scary though.

Yeah, but Brees didn't/doesn't have anywhere near the marketability and was signing the last contract of his career vs. Cam signing his first. No one is saying Cam will play for vet min, but doing it like Brady (pardon the Pats reference) and taking a small discount can go a long way towards boosting his other revenue streams when it means they can pay Luke, Star, and KB as well.

[Gucci Mane]

If (and I mean if) Cam and his agent is looking for a massive contract, I would let him walk. Seriously, we CANNOT break this defense up. I think we could still keep on winning if we brought in another rookie QB, but I do not think we could win without our defense. Sorry to say. However, I agree that I think Cam agrees to a friendly team deal so we can sustain success. If not, let him walk.

 

Its pretty hard to come by a QB like Cam... You cant just "find another rookie QB" and expect to win games, let alone the super bowl. Lock Cam down because by the time his contract gets played out, theres going to be $200+ million QBs.

[stirs]

not going to speculate on baseless hypotheticals

 

What is baseless, it was in the article.

 

 

 

 

Spotrac's Prediction: 6 years, $148,800,000

Average annual salary $24,800,000, estimated $68,428,000 guaranteed

 

[Wyank]

QB contracts are just outrageous.  The NFL needs to seriously start thinking about expanding cap space by leaps and bounds.

 

And the sad part is the QB contracts will expand leaps and bounds with the salary cap going up leaps and bounds.

[SOJA]

i know it's all about the guaranteed money but 148.8 million ???????

[Cary Kollins]

 

What is baseless, it was in the article.

 

 

 

 

Spotrac's Prediction: 6 years, $148,800,000

Average annual salary $24,800,000, estimated $68,428,000 guaranteed

 

 

 

Speculating that he would hold out. That is baseless as there has not been one signal that would indicate a holdout.

[Chaos]

Hey Cam, can I has about six hunnit and fiddy thousand dollars bro?

[DaveThePanther2008]

I kind of agree with him thinking about a team-friendly deal.

 

 

But at the same time, whatever we pay him...he's worth it. Between his marketability, value to the community, and play on the field...sign him for whatever. 

 

Cam is fortunate that he has plenty of big money endorsements. I believe winning is more important than the money.   Not that he will but I won't be shocked it is it not a bank breaker.

[AU-panther]

I am curious to what everyone would think a team friendly deal would amount to. 

 

I would be happy with 6yr/130m.

[lindseyj14]

6yr $60mil

=)

[Pox 08]

No team friendly deals coming from Cam, imo..  #1 overall picks are already playing for peanuts compared to the pre-2011 #1 overall picks.    We didn't have to pay the huge contract up front.. just had to worry about his second contract....which he will get and it will be jaw dropping.

[Jai]

I really don't care what the contract is.  In my opinion, he's earned every bit of what he will get.

[AU-panther]

No team friendly deals coming from Cam, imo..  #1 overall pick are already playing for peanuts compared to the pre-2011 #1 overall picks.    We didn't have to pay the huge contract up front.. just had to worry about his second contract....which he will get and it will be jaw dropping.

 

That is a very good point.  I couldn't blame him for trying to maximize his next contract.

 

To us "normal" people all of these contracts sound great but I can understand not wanting to get paid less then others who aren't performing as well.

[AdamL]

That is nuts

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