Cam Newton gets 5 years $103.8 million

[manchild98]

Newton will make a record $67.6 million in the first three years of his five-year, $103.8 million deal.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s...out-for-first-three-years-ever-210405039.html

 

[cheeno]

That's a good chunk of change. Russel Wilson is happy.

 

[brewer229]

That's a good chunk of change. Russel Wilson is happy.

once Russel gets his, Luck will be even happier.

 

[inkfreq]

Well, at least the rookie cap made the first four years tolerable for teams.

The next six are going to hurt.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Too much money is going to average QB's. Higher cap, all this revenue the league is getting, players are getting overpaid. As who fits the bill, the fans..sweet.

 

[everyoneneedsasmil]

With revenues and the cap growing steadily, we'll need to start re-evaluating what it means to be overpaid. The same is about to happen in the NBA due to an exploding cap next offseason. An above average QB (which Cam is) making 20 million simply doesn't mean the same thing as an elite QB getting 20 million years ago. 3 years from now (the REAL length of that contract), 20 million is even less by comparison.

Just because a player is making more than a position used to, or more than a better player who signed years earlier, does NOT mean the player is overpaid.

 

[Mitchrapp]

With revenues and the cap growing steadily, we'll need to start re-evaluating what it means to be overpaid. The same is about to happen in the NBA due to an exploding cap next offseason. An above average QB (which Cam is) making 20 million simply doesn't mean the same thing as an elite QB getting 20 million years ago. 3 years from now (the REAL length of that contract), 20 million is even less by comparison.

Just because a player is making more than a position used to, or more than a better player who signed years earlier, does NOT mean the player is overpaid.

In 2015, this era..he's getting overpaid. At anytime a QB gets a new deal that pushes his contract to be number 1, and he's far from being number 1, he's overpaid.

Incase I wasn't clear, Cam is overpaid. The only way he's not overpaid is 10 years from now. If the cap and revenue keep rising and QB money goes up then Cam won't be overpaid for what he's currently making.

 

[Mitchrapp]

And btw, how is Cam an above average QB? I'd take 15 QB's before Cam any day, he's in the Matt Stafford category.