i wanna see him get the 24 million a year. he deserves it. if anyone deserves to reset the non-qb market, it’s donald.
Just a detail. He would not be re-setting that market. Not if “re-setting” means something new. 24 M would be 80% of what the top qb gets. In previous years, Watt, then Suh, then Von Miller already did that (80% or better). So it would be more like restoring the value of a player designated “best defender.”
I know exactly what you mean though and I am not arguing with you. I agree. BUT something in this discussion, and I mean at the national level, including reporters and league people, messed up the vocabulary. That makes it harder to talk about this.
Examples.
* he’s not looking to “re-set” anything in the sense that he’s not doing anything new, he’s following in and restoring an established thing
* the “highest paid defender” rhetoric is often misleading because technically, just giving him 20 M would be the highest paid, BUT, 20 M after VM’s 19 M 3 years ago is low in the context of 2018
* it’s not “qb money” because it depends on what people mean by “qb money” and no one knows what they mean by “qb money.” Is it top 10 qb contracts? If so Watt, Suh, and Von Miller all have already crossed that line. Is 24 M qb money? But, even before Rodgers signs his new deal, 24 M is lower than 7 qb contracts. So is qb money top 7? In 2018 2nd contracts for qbs were going for around 28 M. Is 28 M qb money in 2018? Or is qb money measured by contracts handed out 3 years ago, when Luck got 24.5 M? Well why 3 years? Isn’t that arbitrary? IN OTHER WORDS, the whole “qb money” thing is just a buzz term to generate controversy. If I had to guess, I would say that no non-qb is going to get a contract that ranks with the top 5 qbs. But that’s a guess. But according to that guess, nothing less than 25 M is qb money, even if people keep saying it is.
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