Some NFL Contract Situations.

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Drake London And The Falcons

The Atlanta Falcons Caught My Eye, catching up with some Teams During Training Camp, one of the team’s players stood out to me as the team begins its work towards winning a championship, Drake London. With So Many “Diva” Type players suffusing the Wide Receiver Position And Across The League, Drake London, the Star Receiver Of The Falcons, Brings In A Refreshing and Humbling Approach To The Game. As Every New Season Approaches, every NFL star Wants To Angle Themselves For A New Contract, Trades, and Holdout, Sort Of Forcibly Grabbing The Mic On Stage At An Award Show And Making The Moment(S) All About Themselves, The Individual. We’ve witnessed the established “Non-Quarterback” Contract Shift More Than Three Times This Offseason, Most Recently With TJ Watt’s New Deal With The Steelers, Which Succeeded Myles Garrett, Who Succeeded Jamar Chase, Who Succeeded Justin Jefferson Last Season, And All Of Whom Could get Thrown By Micah Parsons In The Coming Months. The Falcons picked Up The fifth-year option on Drake London’s Rookie Contract As He Enters His Fourth year With The Team. Coming off a SEASON where He Notched 100 Receptions, 1271 Receiving Yards, and 9 Touchdowns, London Has Already established Himself As One Of The Young bright spots At The Position. He Could Allow His Ego To Inflate By starting To Angle Himself For A New Big Extension. Instead, he’s Humbled, “It Felt Amazing Having The Falcons Pick Me Up For My Fifth Year,” London Said, “Knowing That They Wanted Me Here For Another Year. knowing that I’m Doing My Job To A Level That Makes Them Want To Keep Here.” Wide Receivers Of London’s Caliber Would Feel “Obligated”, Entitled To This Option And More, But London Provides A More Humbling Retort, One So Familial But Exiguous That You Could Call His Approach “Counter Cultural”. London Stands Parallel To Bijan Robinson At The Forefront Of The Falcons’ Offense, But He’s Not Asserting Himself To That Position. Instead, He’s Focused On Just Proving Himself From Season To Season.

Terry McLaurin Contract Situation. The Terry McLaurin Contract Situation Has Hit The First Milestone Of The Offseason As His Holdout In Training Has Started This Week(?). Signing McLaurin, The Team’s Leading Receiver, an elite Player In The League At His Position, To A market-level deal Should Come As A No-Brainer. The Commanders' Team And Offense Exceeded Expectations By A Country Mile, Making The NFC Championship. Now with 2024 Behind The Teams, The Expectations Have Risen To Heights I Haven’t witnessed from The Commanders In My Lifetime. McLaurin Has Put Together Five Straight thousand-yard seasons in Washington, And While Thousand-yard seasons don't mean As Much As They Used To, Thanks To The Added 17th Game, McLaurin Has Remained consistent through Constant shuffling Around Him, Including Several Different quarterbacks and Offensive Coordinators. He’s Never Played With The Same Quarterback In Back-To-Back Seasons In His Washington Career, And Carson Wentz Represented Maybe The Best Quarterback Mclaurin Played With Until Rookie Jayden Daniels. Last Season, MCLaurin Posted Top Ten Finishes In Both EPA per Catch and Total EPA For Receivers, and He Put Together A 115.4 PASSER rating, Three Touchdowns, and 227 Receiving Yards Across The Commanders' three-game playoff Run. Entering His Seventh Season in the NFL, The Football gods, The Gambling Industry, or the Illuminati May Just Start Laying out The Plans For McLaurin To Play The Best Football Of His Career Starting In 2025, Making All Of His Other accomplishments look Like A Preamble To This Megatron-ic Explosion. Metrics and Career Projections Tell Us The McLaurin Should Share The Same Worth In Dollars as Some Of His 2019 Draft Mates, DK Metcalf Or AJ Brown, Two Of The Highest Paid Wide Receivers In The Game. Unlike Like Metcalf and Brown McLaurin, who Entered The League At 24 Years Old, Even By COVID standards, that’s “old,” and McLaurin left Ohio State pre-COVID, and He’s  30 Years Old. For Everyone, From Athletes To “Regulars,” The Thirties Bring a Sense of Dread, Confusion, and A Hopeless Finality to Life, with a Letter In The Email or X Post That Reads “it’s all downhill from here”. The Commanders Have Few Contracts That Demand Their Immediate Attention With Jayden Daniel, Already an MVP Candidate, Just Entering The Second Year Of His Rookie Deal, The Commanders Have Loads Of Cap Space Both 2026 and 2027 But They Have To Manage Age and Production Expectations For McLaurin But A deal That Places McLaurin In The Top 10 Of Wide Receiver AAV, Over $30 Million, With Only First Two Years Of The Deal Guaranteed Seems Reasonable. Paying McLaurin “What He’s Worth” Doesn’t Come Down To Dollars, Decimal Points

And Contract Language, The Market Usually Takes Care Of These Matters, What Teams Like The Commanders Don’t Want To Fall Into Paying A Guy More Than He’s Worth After He's Not Worth The Same Billing

Brock Purdy Contract Reola

I Remember The Days of 2023, Brock Purdy Ascended From The Bottom Of The Draft To The Top Of The Niners Quarterback Depth Chart. One Moment Stuck Out As The Niners Made Their Ill-fated NFC Championship Run, As Ghe Niners Quarterbacks Entered The Tunnel, Jimmy G, As The Team’s Most Valuable Quarterback In Salary Figures Drape In Louis Vuitton Or Another High End Brand with A Watch That Made Exaggerate Rap Statement, Trey Lance, He Enter The Arena Not Too Far Behind Jimmy On The Fashion Statement Scale. Purdy, The Man Of Hour, A Simple White Tee, Blue Jeans, A Regular Backpack, The Kid Could’ve Easily Confused Security For An IT professional Rather Than A Football Of Any Sort. Then He’d Proceed To Cast Down Opposing Defenses With Fire Of A Prophet Sent By God. Say What You Would Of Purdy, But He deserves a payday. This day is his payday, A five-year $265 million, $100 Million Signing Bonus, and $182 Million Guaranteed, One Of The Outs For Quarterbacks By Any measurement Or Era. Purdy led his Team To Two NFC Championships. He led all Quarterbacks in EPA, QB R, Completing Nearly 70% Of His Passes As he Threw For Over.

4000 Yards All In 2023 on his Way To A Super Bowl in his First Season As A full-time starter. Critics Point To The Struggles Purdy And The Niners Offense Due To The Teams Struggles With Injuries Losing Runningback Christian McCaffrey For Extended Periods only Playing four During The Season and Top Paid Wide Receiver Brandin Aiyuk To An Knee Early In The First Half Of The Season That Held Him Out 10 Games, Trent Williams missed Time, Deebo Samuel Lurched His Way Through A Sluggish Affair. Purdy Struggled To Demonstrate The Same Level Of Acuity, Playmaking Chops, And Steady Execution For Stretches During Games Throughout The Season. The Niners' Offense Drops From Number One To Number Thirteen From 2023 To 2024 According To ESPN FPI Efficiency Metric, A Steep Drop That Consequentially Cost The Niners An -8 Game Difference. Purdy Produced 11 Less Touchdowns From 31 Touchdowns To 20 Touchdowns. Truthfully, Nearly Any quarterback in the NFL Would Struggle With That drop-off in Talent. The Niners Have Simply Played Better With Purdy On Board Over The Next Available. He Just Happened To Play With A better Team Around Him.

The Two-Side Structured The Deal To Accommodate Both Purdy’s Demand For A Larger Deal, But The Cap Hit For The Deal Never Balloons Over 18% Of The Niners’ Designated Cap(The Amount Of Money Teams Can Spend On Players) Based On The Average Growth Projections For NFL Cap. The League’s Returns On Revenue Of $413 Million Each Team. Purdy’s Contract won't give the Niners A Hard Time Building Around Him. Nick Bosa and Brandon Aiyuk’s Contracts Certainly Will.