that was the best post I read in a loooong time regarding 18….you should email that to Colin cowherd

They won’t be, just as his cap #’s for the first 3 years won’t be in the 23 million range.

Year 1 is 16
Year 2 is 17-18

Irsay said “The cap hit this year will be $16 million, and it stays very reasonable every year after that. Honestly, we would have had to do some serious cutting if we’d had to pay the (franchise tag of $23.1 million).”

Just said to see so many be mislead.

If given the opportunity, 31 other teams would have offered Peyton that exact same deal if that meant he’d be their QB for the next 5 years. That’s a pretty fair

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I doubt the Pats and Packers would want a sub .500 playoff QB who specializes in throwing the pick six in the last minute of a super bowl.

So that’s down to only 29 teams, then there’s the Saints and Chargers etc.

Oh, thats right… that would be less than Brady’s hit to salary cap and that wouldn’t look too good…

Everyone said Brady took a home team discount on his previous contract… No he didnt! The guy was consistantly ranked anywhere between the 7th and 12th QB annually in terms of TD’s and yardage, and thats about where his contract ranked far as QB money went. He was NOT a superstar QB at the time. He was the QB of a great team who ran the ball extremely well, averaged giving up 16 points a game in the postseason and the TEAM won 3 Superbowls along the way. SINCE THEN, he’s become a much better QB and a “Star”, yet now that his defense is giving up 20 points per game he’s got a .500 postseason record during that span as well.

Something tells me if Manning’s Defense averaged giving up only 16 points per game in the postseason, he’d have a stellar playoff record as well. Unfortunately, the Colts give up 22 points per game in the playoffs, hence “Mannings” poor playoff record.

But if everyone wants to blindly give credit to Brady for the Superbowl wins, that’s fine… But please explain how he’s become a much better QB over the past 5 years, yet he has ZERO Superbowls to show for it?? The whole TEAM needs to step up to get the W’s in the playoffs…

If given the opportunity, 31 other teams would have offered Peyton that exact same deal if that meant he’d be their QB for the next 5 years. That’s a pretty fair deal in my book.

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I disagree with that statement. Not just willingness to sign him but actually having the capspace to sign him.

I would love to see what would happen to Peyton if he had to learn a new system as he’s still in the system he learned as a rookie.

Until that time though he is getting 23 mill/yr for 3 years which makes him the highest paid player in the league by far and does not represent a sacrifice on his part. If the 2 years on the end are dummy years then the only thing he’s done is made fools of the press who laud the $23 mill/yr man for only having a cap hit of 18 mill. A little creative accounting does not a saint make.

I thought the premise of having a salary cap was so that each team has a fair chance of winning. Wouldn’t Manning be violating that principle by taking a lot less than what he’s worth?

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lol, so how do you know what he’s worth? Market price is one way to tell, but can you honestly say you know what his market price is? If he breaks the bank and prevents the team from acquiring the talent it needs to win, he won’t look so great, will he? So when a guy accounts for 1/5th of the salary cap, is there any other way the team can afford an appropriate supporting cast without cheating them of their “value”? The greatest QB in the league can make every player on the roster look better. But can he carry a bunch of scrubs into the post-season? Not consistently – especially if he’s as famous for choking in big games as Manning is! Follow Brady, Brees and Rothlisberger’s example and he won’t have to carry them nearly as far. If only Manning looked at what a small percentage of his income was in NFL salary (compared to endorsements) and he might be more willing to give the team the money it needs to give him proper support.

He probably agreed to take the same amount out of the sense of shame that would overcome him if he took more.

It’s great to have the NFL back by the way. Now we can get back to splitting hairs over Peyton Manning signing the NFL’s first baseball contract… and completely erase the memory of what it was like without football when we were subjected to the likes of LeBron James and “the decision”.

You have to understand how the cap works to understand the $69 mil over 3 years. The guaranteed money hits the cap over 5 years so he is NOT getting $23 mil a year.

Manning took a situation where he was going to count as $23 mil against the cap (franchise tag) or +-$20 mil (Irsay’s offer) and now counts only $16 mil this year. That’s not something you see in every NFL player and I can’t understand why people bash him for taking less than was publicly stated he could get.