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possible salary post.
We can see the number were fairly static for 5 years, 2009 – 2013.
The idea is this time frame should give as good relative value for positions by percentage of cap. A top QB gets ?~15 percent of the cap? Then go from there and make a rough model of what each position was valued at.
2013 might be the best year to do that. imo
Maybe it would be better to take the QB% as the salary cap increased from 2013 to the present?
Agamemnon
Luck should insist on a percentage of the salary cap in future years
Luck should insist on a percentage of the salary cap in future years
Posted by Mike Florio on June 9, 2016, 12:26 PM EDT
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – JANUARY 03: Andrew Luck of the Indianapolis Colts watches the action during the game against the Tennessee Titans at Lucas Oil Stadium on January 3, 2016 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) Getty ImagesThe Colts want to pay quarterback Andrew Luck a lot of money. Luck presumably wants to be paid a lot of money by the Colts. And the Colts presumably want to avoid having to go through this again, for as long as possible.
For that reason, it’s no surprise that (as suggested by Ian Rapoport of NFL Media on Wednesday), Colts owner Jim Irsay originally wanted a 10-year deal. The structure has now narrowed to five or six years.
Regardless of duration, these long-term deals are getting done at a time when the salary cap is increasing by more than $10 million per year. By the time the last few years of the contract arrive, the player’s compensation will necessarily seem lower in comparison to the salary cap and the market reflected by contracts negotiated by other players.
That’s why players like Luck should be requesting not specific salary amounts in the final years of the contract but specific percentages of the salary cap. If, for example, Luck signs a $25 million-per-year deal when the cap is $155.3 million, that’s 16.1 percent of the cap. So if/when (when) the cap hits $200 million in 2020, Luck should be making $32.2 million.
There’s nothing in the labor deal that prevents tying compensation to a percentage of the cap, and multiple sources have told PFT that agents currently are attempting to hinge future pay to cap percentage for top-tier players. Teams predictably don’t like it.
Ultimately, teams may not have a choice. If Luck will commit to a long-term deal only if the Colts will commit to ensuring that his pay consistently reflects a fair portion of the salary cap going forward, the Colts will have two choices: Let him play year to year under the franchise tag or give Luck what he wants.
The number 16.1% is a bit erroneous,(If you sign a 25m/yr contract, how can the first year be 25 million and the last year be 32 million. ; ) ) at least the way he uses it. I doubt teams want such a direct link to the salary cap, although, in effect there does seem to be a direct link. imo
zn, don’t you use 25m/yr, although you probably got it a different way.
Agamemnon
A couple things, these are projected number, the percent changes are not consistant, and it is only over one year..
I like my 14.3% for QBs and it works out best for 5 years. imo
I did one more, CBs. That worked out best for 8.5% on a 4 year contract. imo
These numbers/percents seem close enough for government work. 😉
These figures are exact and they include transition tags, but they don’t have the percentages worked out.
There are some things that might be apparent and might not. QB contracts seem to have a slight increase each year. CB contracts seem to front load a bit. The last years might even be less than the first years. Is this really significant? I don’t know. 😉
Agamemnon
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