Romo gets more guaranteed money than Flacco

[manchild98]

IRVING, Texas -- To clear salary-cap space and lock up their franchise quarterback, the Dallas Cowboys and Tony Romo reached an agreement on a blockbuster 6-year extension worth $108 million, making him the highest-paid player in franchise history, according to league sources.

Cowboys chief operating officer Stephen Jones and one of Romo's agents, CAA's R.J. Gonser, spent recent days negotiating the deal that contains more guaranteed money than the six-year, $120.6 million contract that Joe Flacco recently signed with Baltimore, sources said.


Romo received $55 million guaranteed from the Cowboys, $3 million more than what Flacco got from the Ravens.


http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story/_/id/9112658/tony-romo-6-year-deal-dallas-cowboys-sources

 

[JScottWriter]

That is just stupid, glad it was the cowboys.

 

[wheels002]

I expect Staff to get more than Romo. Granted Staff has had better numbers.

 

[LKP]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/5209/tony-romo

Romo actually had really good number 3 out of the last 4 years. Romo had 4,900 yards passing and he's mid 60s in completion %. Those 19 picks were bad though leading to the Cowboys at -13 in turnover differential. 2011 he was pretty good it's just Rodgers, Stafford, Brees and Brady all had tremendous years.

 

[boogerlovejoy]

Stafford is picking out a few Maybach's right now. One for every day of the week.

 

[mhughes0021]

Im not really understanding what the big deal is. 18 mil a year seems standard nowadays if not low for a franchise qb. 55 mil guaranteed but how many years are guaranteed? 3? If so thats still less than 20 mil per.

 

[tonyballs]

I think i agree with Hughes (WOW). Think about it...it frees up money for the team. It is standard nowadays. Who else could they get to play QB? Draft one? FA? I doubt it...lol.
I dont know...looks like the Cowboys were stuck between a rock and a hard place. There was really no other options if you ask me.

How much of it is guaranteed? Thats the hardcore question...

 

[mhughes0021]

I think i agree with Hughes (WOW). Think about it...it frees up money for the team. It is standard nowadays. Who else could they get to play QB? Draft one? FA? I doubt it...lol.
I dont know...looks like the Cowboys were stuck between a rock and a hard place. There was really no other options if you ask me.

How much of it is guaranteed? Thats the hardcore question...

55 mil but not sure how many years. if its 2...its alot. 3 is fair. 4....its low.

 

[schles192]

IRVING, Texas -- To clear salary-cap space and lock up their franchise quarterback, the Dallas Cowboys and Tony Romo reached an agreement on a blockbuster six-year extension worth $108 million, making him the highest paid player in franchise history.

 

[manchild98]

The story is...if you are a franchise QB you're getting paid. Perioid. End of story. It doesn't matter if you won playoff games or not, teams don't risk letting these guys walk. The Lions are in trouble because we still have 3 guys with the old rookie salary structure that make crazy money.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Free's up 5 mill. Not much. And for a QB who hasn't won in the playoffs, it's stupid. At least Flacco did something.

 

[mhughes0021]

IRVING, Texas -- To clear salary-cap space and lock up their franchise quarterback, the Dallas Cowboys and Tony Romo reached an agreement on a blockbuster six-year extension worth $108 million, making him the highest paid player in franchise history.

i meant the guaranteed part.

 

[schles192]

i meant the guaranteed part.

This is what Sport Trac has, looks like 2013 and 14 are guaranteed base.

---------Base--------SB-----------MISC-----CAP
2013---1,500,000 5,000,000 5,318,833 11,818,833
2014--13,500,000 5,000,000 3,273,000 21,773,000
2015--17,000,000 5,000,000 3,273,000 25,273,000
2016---8,500,000 5,000,000 1,635,000 15,135,000
2017--14,000,000 5,000,000-------------19,000,000
2018--19,500,000------------------------ 19,500,000
2019--20,500,000------------------------ 20,500,000

•$40 million guaranteed (Signing Bonus + 2013-14 base salaries)

 

[mhughes0021]

so the only year it really hurts is 2015 but the cap is supposed to raise significantly that year. then you can drop him after 2017....not too bad. He makes less than staff does....still dont see why espn has been outraged about this deal all day. Seems reasonable enough to me.

 

[schles192]

so the only year it really hurts is 2015 but the cap is supposed to raise significantly that year. then you can drop him after 2017....not too bad. He makes less than staff does....still dont see why espn has been outraged about this deal all day. Seems reasonable enough to me.

Looks like a solid deal for both sides. They seem to be hung up on the G money but 33.5 mil of that is off the books after 2014.

 

[Mitchrapp]

so the only year it really hurts is 2015 but the cap is supposed to raise significantly that year. then you can drop him after 2017....not too bad. He makes less than staff does....still dont see why espn has been outraged about this deal all day. Seems reasonable enough to me.

IMO, it's not about the cap. I just think they overpaid for guy who might have good stats but has more blunders at the wrong time than the top QB in the league.

And Staff is still working on the rookie deal. If he gets guaranteed money like this on his next contract I'm going to shit.

 

[beez]

Much like Flacco he'll get a bunch of money in bonuses/guarantees, he'll only count for around 9 million against the cap for a few years and then when the deal is going to hurt them down the road, they'll ask him to restructure or they'll release him...standard stuff. Flacco's will be the same way. These are just ways to clear space, lock down your QB, pay him a good chunk of cash without it hurting your cap etc...

 

[Mitchrapp]

Much like Flacco he'll get a bunch of money in bonuses/guarantees, he'll only count for around 9 million against the cap for a few years and then when the deal is going to hurt them down the road, they'll ask him to restructure or they'll release him...standard stuff. Flacco's will be the same way. These are just ways to clear space, lock down your QB, pay him a good chunk of cash without it hurting your cap etc...

Flacco - part of a SB; Romo - not part of a SB.

 

[tomdalton22]

Free's up 5 mill. Not much. And for a QB who hasn't won in the playoffs, it's stupid. At least Flacco did something.

Probably less than Stafford got as a rookie who never played in the NFL.

 

[cheeno]

Probably less than Stafford got as a rookie who never played in the NFL.

That's what his agent said I'm sure.