Garrapolo highest paid NFL player?

[Rusty Trombagent]

Fortune favors the bold!

[malk]

I feel like I should write a long post on this :P

Garrapolo is an idiot. When he's 40 will he look back and think thank fuck I've got $100m rather than $75m (I'm pulling tax numbers out of my arse here) or will he think, damn, a ring would be nice.

And good god, Brady hasn't lost a penny. If he took more salary he likely wouldn't have the rings. Without the rings he doesn't get the endorsements.

Garrapolo and the others aren't greedy, they're stupid.

[Rusty Trombagent]

I feel like I should write a long post on this :P

Garrapolo is an idiot. When he's 40 will he look back and think thank fuck I've got $100m rather than $75m (I'm pulling tax numbers out of my arse here) or will he think, damn, a ring would be nice.

And good god, Brady hasn't lost a penny. If he took more salary he likely wouldn't have the rings. Without the rings he doesn't get the endorsements.

Garrapolo and the others aren't greedy, they're stupid.

this is maybe one of your worst takes ever.

careers in the nfl can end at any time. jimmy should have took a shitty contract to stick around in NE, and then what, maybe after a few years when brady retires and mcdaniels is running the place into the ground, maybe mcdaniels trades him to the browns, and he never gets a decent shot at all. or maybe he gets some garbage time snaps, hurts his neck and never plays again.

[The Marshall Plan]

It’s temporary. Cousins and Brees are about to hit free agency.

Do you think Brees will get paid like that at 39 years old?

[RING4CHI]

It’s temporary. Cousins and Brees are about to hit free agency.

Do you think Brees will get paid like that at 39 years old?

On a one or two year deal? Absolutely.

[malk]

I feel like I should write a long post on this :P

Garrapolo is an idiot. When he's 40 will he look back and think thank fuck I've got $100m rather than $75m (I'm pulling tax numbers out of my arse here) or will he think, damn, a ring would be nice.

And good god, Brady hasn't lost a penny. If he took more salary he likely wouldn't have the rings. Without the rings he doesn't get the endorsements.

Garrapolo and the others aren't greedy, they're stupid.

this is maybe one of your worst takes ever.

careers in the nfl can end at any time. jimmy should have took a shitty contract to stick around in NE, and then what, maybe after a few years when brady retires and mcdaniels is running the place into the ground, maybe mcdaniels trades him to the browns, and he never gets a decent shot at all. or maybe he gets some garbage time snaps, hurts his neck and never plays again.

Fair enough it was a knee jerk post (deeply awful day at work, strangely enough because coworkers aren't as militant as me on strike action!). Stupid isn't a great way of putting it...

Still, I'm not suggesting that he should have stuck around in New England. I think he would be better served getting a massive, life changing, more money than anyone who isn't a tit could ever spend, guaranteed contact. Say $45m guaranteed on a five year deal totalling $80-90m.

A) I think he could do that and make up some of the difference in endorsements if he helps the 49ers back into relevancy.
B) It must be rubbish to scrape around trying to get wins with a shit team. If you're eating that much of the cap you'll be playing on a worse team overall. What's the marginal benefit of million 50 over million 49? I'm looking to take a pretty significant pay cut to move to 3 days a week from 5 but it's absolutely worth it. I could also go the other way to work 10-12 hour days with more pressure for another 25-50% salary but fuck that sideways.

If you're an NFL QB on a long term contract you're rich as fuck or even richer as fuck. Given that I'll take the higher percentage shot at a ring.

And that's why Garropolo is stupid.

[UOK]

If you're an NFL QB on a long term contract you're rich as fuck or even richer as fuck. Given that I'll take the higher percentage shot at a ring..

He's already got a title ring. Now he's a franchise QB and the 49ers have a ton of cap space. Oh, and that insane contract. To say it's "stupid" is a pretty poor choice of words, but I respect the thinking outside of the box.

[GSH]

defences having tape or not, the guy is 5-0 as a NFL starter, we all would have given our hind teeth to sign him before trubs got drafted and there is not exactly a wealth of good QB's around for the 49ers right now.

Nothing surprising about the contract and making him highest paid is more a reflection on the QB market right now than it is some recognition of him being perceived as elite. Its a supply and demand market and his agent earned his 10%.

[Boris13c]

I think Garrapolo will do just fine ... if the Bears had an opportunity for him last year at the bargain markdown the 49ers got him for, I would have been all in on them pulling the trigger (then the Bears could have gone defense rather than trading up for Trubisky)

my issue was at the time the Bears had a chance for him, the Patriots wanted a 1st and 3rd round pick and at that time the Bears had too many other holes and spending those draft picks would have been a luxury purchase when the Bears were still in need of basic essentials

the 49ers got a steal when they acquired him this year but are now making up for that by paying premium rates to keep him, which kind of puzzles me ... of all the QB's available or who are going to be available, I didn't think it would be Garrapolo setting the gold standard

[Wounded Bear]

defences having tape or not, the guy is 5-0 as a NFL starter, we all would have given our hind teeth to sign him before trubs got drafted and there is not exactly a wealth of good QB's around for the 49ers right now.

Nothing surprising about the contract and making him highest paid is more a reflection on the QB market right now than it is some recognition of him being perceived as elite. Its a supply and demand market and his agent earned his 10%.

I don't know how winning 5 games for a team warrants being the highest paid QB/player in the NFL. I get that good QBs are a precious commodity, but this seems like a crazy over-reaction (by Lynch) to pay him this type of cash with limited sampling of what he can do. Heavily incentive laced contract that pays your QB handsomely if he performs well over a season, okay, but giving away the farm, that's a truly a head-scratcher.

[Boris13c]

Fortune favors the bold!

a fortune is what Garrapolo has ... guaranteed

Jimmy G gets $48.7 million fully guaranteed at signing

[Seat Daddy]

Jimmy Garoppolo deal:‬
‪Signing bonus: $7 million.‬
‪Guaranteed roster bonus: $28M‬
‪2018 base salary: $6.2M (gtd)‬...
‪Workout bonus: $600K‬
‪Per-game roster bonus: $800K‬
‪Year 1 total: $42.6M‬
$74.1M injury guarantee already kicked in.‬
‪2019 bass salary: $17.2M, $7.5M of which is guaranteed at signing.‬
2019: Workout bonus: $600K‬
‪Per-game roster bonus: $800K‬
‪For 2019, will make $18.6M for a 2-year total of $61.2M - $10M more than he would have received if he had been franchised two straight times.‬
‪2020 bass salary: $23.8M, $15.7M of which is guaranteed for injury. ‬
If 49ers wanted, could cut him before April 1, 2020 and he would have made $61.2M and been a free agent.‬
2020 Workout bonus: $600K‬
‪Per-game roster bonus: $800K‬
At end of three seasons, he walks away with $86.4M.‬
‪2021: $24.1M base salary‬
2021 Workout bonus: $600K‬
‪Per-game roster bonus: $800K‬
If he makes it to NFC Championship game or is first- or second-team All Pro, then a $7.5M injury guarantee kicks in.‬
‪2022: $24.2M base salary‬
‪Workout bonus: $600K‬
‪Per-game roster bonus: $800K‬
‪Total is $137.5M.

Deal is 'front loaded' and 'cap friendly' to the 49ers

[mmmc_35]

good for Jimmy. I think he is going to be really good. Lynch is doing a really good job.

[malk]

How is that front loaded or cap friendly? It's virtually a flat contract with a bit more in Y1 and a bit less in Y2.

[Wounded Bear]

How is that front loaded or cap friendly? It's virtually a flat contract with a bit more in Y1 and a bit less in Y2.

I'm confused on that one as well. Cap friendly is a back loaded contract to a player who will never see the end of that contract. $27 million is never cap friendly.

[Rusty Trombagent]

yeah, maybe not cap friendly, but the final two years are not guaranteed and essentially team options.

[southdakbearfan]

yeah, maybe not cap friendly, but the final two years are not guaranteed and essentially team options.

Exactly, if he busts they can get out of it without a big hit after a few seasons.

[Richie]

Shitty situation. Jimmy G had all of the leverage. He could have forced them to tag him, and then they're stuck paying him 25 mil. Potentially opening up a Cousins situation.

Playing him the last month of the year could have cost them some money.

[Boris13c]

Shitty situation. Jimmy G had all of the leverage. He could have forced them to tag him, and then they're stuck paying him 25 mil. Potentially opening up a Cousins situation.

Playing him the last month of the year could have cost them some money.

that last part might be true, but the flipside is playing him those last 5 games showed them they may very well have their guy for the future ... sure, it was a small sample size but they went 5-0 with Garapolo when that same group of scrubs didn't accomplish much of anything before Garapolo got there

[Rusty Trombagent]

Shitty situation. Jimmy G had all of the leverage. He could have forced them to tag him, and then they're stuck paying him 25 mil. Potentially opening up a Cousins situation.

Playing him the last month of the year could have cost them some money.

That last part might be true, but the flipside is playing him those last 5 games showed them they may very well have their guy for the future ... sure, it was a small sample size but they went 5-0 with Garapolo when that same group of scrubs didn't accomplish much of anything before Garapolo got there

yeah, and it got him some very much needed live game experience that can be built on. it would have been a horrible move to sit him all year in an effort to nickle and dime him, because that is very much what it obviously would have been to all parties involved.

[Wounded Bear]

Do we believe he's going to run roughshod over the league next year or do we think that some DC's going to put together an effective game-plan against him and that will serve as the league's blue print to check this guy?

I guess what I'm saying is, is he for reelz or should we putting him in the "Case Keenum, I'm not sure yet" designation?

[southdakbearfan]

Is anyone ever sure until they have sustained success. He has shown glimpses and the miners went from terrible to undefeated in his starts.

At least the #1 draft pick that has yet to ever play an nfl down isn’t the highest paid player in the league anymore.

[mmmc_35]

Jimmy G. Is legit as fuck. I thought and still believe the Bears should have traded for him.

[Rusty Trombagent]

The nice thing too about him getting 5 starts and tearing it up, the 49ers and all their cap space looks alot more appealing to free agents now than if CJ Beathard had spent the rest of the year flailing around like a dying fish.

[MrPrettyBoyFancyLad]

it's hard not to believe he's the real thing. although i've seen qb's tear it up for a while and then go sour. remember matt barkley (not to the same extent as garrapolo) looked good for a while.