What Carolina Panthers can learn from Justin Jefferson contract

[jayboogieman]

140 million with over 36 million in signing bonus for 4 years. 110 million guaranteed.

Resets the WR market.

States the Panthers whole WR core costs less than 25 million a year while Jefferson will be getting 35 million a year.

Wonders where teams will start looking to go cheap with having to pay QBs and WRs so much now. They didn't mention how much edge rushers are getting and how that adds to the trouble of building a roster.

[CPF4LIFE]

We can learn to brush it off cuz we are nowhere close to having to give a wide receiver of all positions on this team that kinda of money.

[SmokinwithWilly]

You can pay this kind of money for a WR1 as long as you can draft a WR2 like Minnesota did.

[jayboogieman]

1 minute ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

You can pay this kind of money for a WR1 as long as you can draft a WR2 like Minnesota did.

And have a QB on a rookie contract

[Jackie Lee]

I would talk poo about their qb room but I'd rather have Darnold and JJ competing for our QB spot than giving BY free reign with no pressure

[Waldo]

He is a really good WR and they have a rookie QB so they can afford it. Look at what they have been wasting on Cousins for years? That's where this cap came from lol. Now the guaranteed money is high but Minny had to keep him while taking a shot on a rookie QB. 

 

 

[PNW_PantherMan]

This isn't exactly a Super Bowl winning formula we're talking about here.  Justin Jefferson is a great player, but he's 0 rings.  And he probably will have 0 rings for as long as he's a Viking.

[CamWhoaaCam]

We can learn that Tee Higgins is about to be traded and we should be calling.

 

He's a 23mil cap hit if they keep him. They already have to pay a boatload of money to Chase. Strike while the iron is hot!

[rayzor]

dumb.

a lot of good WRs are going to keep coming out of college resulting in a devaluing the position, or at least affecting the scarcity of good receivers.

you pay that much when there isn't that much talent out there. i just don't think that's going to be the case anymore.

[WUnderhill]

Taking notes:

*Draft generational WR outside the top 20.

*Give him a second contract.

Anything I’m missing?

[WUnderhill]

28 minutes ago, rayzor said:

dumb.

a lot of good WRs are going to keep coming out of college resulting in a devaluing the position, or at least affecting the scarcity of good receivers.

you pay that much when there isn't that much talent out there. i just don't think that's going to be the case anymore.

Idk, Justin Jefferson is different. The dumb ones are going to be the ones who will pay Justin Jefferson type money to just really good receivers. Same thing that happened with Brian Burns. It’s the guys who aren’t on that level that demand that level of pay now.

[ForJimmy]

Should have traded him for Higgins and 2 1sts. Could have built a solid offense around McCarthy with that kind of capital. 

[rayzor]

3 minutes ago, WUnderhill said:

Idk, Justin Jefferson is different. The dumb ones are going to be the ones who will pay Justin Jefferson type money to just really good receivers. Same thing that happened with Brian Burns. It’s the guys who aren’t on that level that demand that level of pay now.

i just think that the separation in talent between guys like jefferson and the rest of the good ones is going to be diminishing. the level of talent that is and will be coming out of college now is just that good.

 

[Waldo]

1 hour ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

This isn't exactly a Super Bowl winning formula we're talking about here.  Justin Jefferson is a great player, but he's 0 rings.  And he probably will have 0 rings for as long as he's a Viking.

That's on the QB and staff at this point. If they have drafted a good QB then it could be a SB team. His deal is up before they have to pay the QB so it's at least a decent try. Cousins was a get into the playoffs QB so good for them moving on when it was obvious what their ceiling was. As long as they are not paying nonrookie QB contracts they have an extra 30 or 40 mil laying around.

Watching the WR market explode is a bonus. That model doesn't work when your paying a QB 40+ a year.