Matt Kalil contract details

[Bronn]

1 minute ago, OnlyPantherFaninMaine said:

A bargain for three years at what expense tho? Cam's health? The offense being able to operate? A bargain is well and good but not when the play on the field is piss poor (if the three year experiment didn't work).

He can't be worse than Remmers. Not possible. He's at least an upgrade, and I think, when all is said and done, $11 mil a year will look like a steal... We could have very possibly locked up our LT and C positions for the next 5 years or more today. That is consistency, if it works out. With Turner likely looking at a long term extension, we could very well lock him up for 5 years or more. That leaves competition at LG and RT, which I think we are going to address very very soon. ;-)

[My Goodness My Guinness]

About what I expected honestly. It's a risk, but I'm okay with it. At least we are trying to address the line with something other than straight up dollar tree bargains. He has played well before, hopefully Matsko can use the same vodoo magic on him that he did with Oher. 

[shaqattaq]

54 minutes ago, OnlyPantherFaninMaine said:

Wonder what is going through KK Short's mind right about now...

 

[Bronn]

oh and for all the debate yesterday, I'd be happy with Norwell extended at LG for 5 years, as long as we bring in competition to push him. That means we could very well be set at 4/5 OL positions for a long time.

[shaqattaq]

56 minutes ago, Saca312 said:

Sad to hear we have to pay this much in hopes he becomes our Gross. That right there is crippling huge.

Gettleman sticking his neck out far for this one.

Riverboat Dave.

[My Goodness My Guinness]

13 minutes ago, Proudiddy said:

Sorry, i can't resist...  but where was this freewheelin' version of Gettleman when dealing with Norman last year?

25M guaranteed?  55M total?  And so many here have ragged on Hurney for the contracts he gave out, lol.  Look, i think having his brother here and Matsko will help a bit, but we just gave 55M to a guy who was rated lower than Oher.  I'm hoping for the best, but on paper this is horrible as-is.

HOG

MOLLIE

[Verge]

Matt was really progressing well right before he got injured, and if he keeps the same or above that pace, you are paying 11mill a year for a franchise left tackle which isn't terrible. Armstead got about 15mill a year.

[Kakarot]

Meh...

I understand the panic. Kalil has been trash for a good while now. 

[Peppers90 NC]

Byron Bell improved 3 fold working beside Norwell, lets hope the same for this guy.

[OneBadCat]

It's 25 million guaranteed. He will at least be as good as Remmers and Other. How is this a bad deal if he pans out

[BombzAway]

Insane... Any chance we are renegotiating Ryan's contract for a few million a year less to make this a little more palatable?

[E CaT PanTHer 2]

 

[Proudiddy]

Just re-checked it to make sure...  Whitworth making 12M a year for 3 yrs, with 15M guaranteed.  Kalil 11M a year for 5 yrs with 25M guaranteed.  Whitworth was the concensus best tackle on the market, even at 35.

[Kakarot]

40 minutes ago, Montsta said:

We had 3 straight division titles and a SB appearance recently. That unraveled in part because our LT got injured for the year early on and our line went to poo. 

That LT was picked up from another team after being labeled a bust when he was supposed to be a franchise LT and then shined on our squad.

We all literally just watched this scenario unfold in front of us the last couple of years and people are still freaking out?

Get a grip people. 

People are freaking out, because there's no certainty that it'll all play out like the Oher situation. All we have to look at is his previous play, which has been trash. We can't afford for Cam to get hit like he did last year, and we can't afford to waste another prime year of both cam and Luke. Now, if your ok with the move and want to wait and see, then that's cool, but Kalils previous play is plenty reason for people to "panic" and question the move. He's been graded out as one of the worst lineman in the league.

Me, I'm not freaking out, but I understand the reasoning of the people that are.