That's pretty steep for a guy with his injury history.wab wrote:Final terms of the #Chiefs expected deal for WR Sammy Watkins: 3 years, $48M with $30M fully guaranteed at signing, sources say.
Update: Sammy Watkins to sign with Chiefs
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Ouch, that's a horrible deal! Why 3 years? If you're going top end, tag on as many years as possible without guaranteed income, just in the hope that they succeed and the market overtakes them.
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I think they were battling us for his services and Pace tapped out around 15 million or so.malk wrote:Ouch, that's a horrible deal! Why 3 years? If you're going top end, tag on as many years as possible without guaranteed income, just in the hope that they succeed and the market overtakes them.
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i'm wondering, watkins and robinson both are 24 and took 3 year deals. they could have maybe demanded 3 year deals, since at 27 they look alittle more attractive for one more giant payday.
27 years old is "the prime of a player's career."
28 years old is "almost 30, when wr's start to drop off."
27 years old is "the prime of a player's career."
28 years old is "almost 30, when wr's start to drop off."
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I would absolutely think so.RustyTrubisky wrote:i'm wondering, watkins and robinson both are 24 and took 3 year deals. they could have maybe demanded 3 year deals, since at 27 they look alittle more attractive for one more giant payday.
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Yup, but the teams still have to have some leverage, right? Well, except they clearly don't!G08 wrote:I would absolutely think so.RustyTrubisky wrote:i'm wondering, watkins and robinson both are 24 and took 3 year deals. they could have maybe demanded 3 year deals, since at 27 they look alittle more attractive for one more giant payday.
I find it incredible that not only has he got the average per year he was after but the short deal too.
G08 did a good job selling him but even if all that comes true, is he a top 3 wideout?
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I don't think he's a top 3 wideout, no. Put him in the right offense though and I think he's top 10 easily.malk wrote:Yup, but the teams still have to have some leverage, right? Well, except they clearly don't!G08 wrote:I would absolutely think so.RustyTrubisky wrote:i'm wondering, watkins and robinson both are 24 and took 3 year deals. they could have maybe demanded 3 year deals, since at 27 they look alittle more attractive for one more giant payday.
I find it incredible that not only has he got the average per year he was after but the short deal too.
G08 did a good job selling him but even if all that comes true, is he a top 3 wideout?
KC way overpaid for him, but those two dudes on the outside with Mahomes chucking the rock? KC might be my 2nd favorite team next season!
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I think he will probably explode in reid’s offense.
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This bums me out a little bit. I know we signed Robinson, but admittedly I was hoping for a longshot chance of having a dual threat.
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Nowwwwwww I know why we didn't get Watkins... holy hell:
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In case you thought Sammy Watkins' 3-year, $48 million deal with the #Chiefs might not be real money ... he got a $21M signing bonus and is fully guaranteed $30M. Set to make $34M over the first two years. Wow.
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In case you thought Sammy Watkins' 3-year, $48 million deal with the #Chiefs might not be real money ... he got a $21M signing bonus and is fully guaranteed $30M. Set to make $34M over the first two years. Wow.
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lol, where's that quote about how Allen Robinson is going to chase the money while Sammy is more concerned about targets?
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$21m signing bonus means $7m in dead cap to "save" $7m and get out of the contract after 2 years. I wouldn't have a problem with the guaranteed over the first two but that signing bonus and it only being three years are bad for the Chiefs.G08 wrote:Nowwwwwww I know why we didn't get Watkins... holy hell:
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In case you thought Sammy Watkins' 3-year, $48 million deal with the #Chiefs might not be real money ... he got a $21M signing bonus and is fully guaranteed $30M. Set to make $34M over the first two years. Wow.
"I wouldn't take him for a conditional 7th. His next contract will pay him more than he could possibly contribute.".
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