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i disagree, billy.
it’s not just brady. dozens of quarterbacks are playing well into their late 30s. philip rivers had one of his highest passer ratings at age 37 playing all 16 games. didn’t miss a single game from age 30-39. brees played until he was 41 and was productive. rodgers was in his age 38 season last year. has led the league in passer rating the past 2 years.
stafford will be 38 that last year of the contract. and he could probably play 2-3 years past that if he wanted to barring any serious injury.
quarterback are just so protected right now. unlike 20 years ago. tom brady is 45 and going into his 23rd year. now i don’t think stafford will play quite that long. but if he did. he’d still be playing in 2033. and if it was all with the rams, he’d have played more years in la than he did in detroit… again. i doubt that would happen.
but if he can play 8 years in la, i’d be happy. and it’d be doable. and he could very well be highly productive for all those years. at 8 years, he’d be playing in his age 40 season – 2028. and he will have played more years in an era where qbs are protected by the league. and if sean mcvay is his head coach all those years, he’ll have advantages that most qbs will not have.
shoot. big whit played until he was 40, and i imagine stafford’s body didn’t take half the punishment whit’s body did.
lastly, the cap hits in 2024-26 will be big. it’ll be rodgers big. but 2 things. the cap number will go up every year. and stafford can always renegotiate i would think. i’m no cap expert. but i’m sure they have it figured it out already.
and also. that means that 2022 and 2023 will be small cap numbers. when the rams’ window will be biggest… ie when aaron donald is still playing.
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