What does it matter what means they used to get there. The point is they got the #1 pick and were in the super bowl shortly after. Nobody who talks about wanting their team to tank actually EXPECTS their team to intentionally lose games. At least not anybody worth listening to
But then they still play the majority of the snaps.
Is it more about production, or majority of snaps?
If it was more about "production" then players would be paid at a much higher rate during their first 4-5 years in the NFL, but they are instead under the Rookie/1st Contract wage scale.
Pat Mahomes signed a 10 year $450million contract, how much of that do you think he actually sees? Where as Ohtani signed a contract for $700million and one way or another he gonna see $700million from the dodgers.
You do realize the NFL plays 17 games and has a large roster, right?
Oh please, if the NFL had to guarantee every cent of a signed contract (just like every other North American pro-League) the Owners would still make gobs and gobs of dollars even if they had to expand their salary cap to fill out their roster.
I did want answers. I reject that you gave a valid one.
Objectively it is
The point is that it is two absolutely different things.
The problem is that the player has no incentive to keep trying hard, keep being in shape, playing hard, etc.
If you draft a first round bust, you should still have to pay him, right?
That's because several of them are busts.
Not wrong, but the player's union still had to sign-off on the structure.
$11.5MM contract and he couldn't even be bothered to learn the playbook his first year here. Either he is fantastic at interviewing and he duped the Vikes into thinking he was a motivated individual, or the people that interviewed him are total dumbasses.
Your point about NFL contracts is totally valid, however you picked a REALLY bad example. Mahomes signed his $450MM contract in 2020. In 2023 the team restructured his contract to pay him $30MM MORE than their originally agreed-upon contract. They also said they'd look at restructuring again in 2026 for further additional money.
Yes.
I don't consider a player suffering a compound leg fracture "stealing", a month into his rookie season played on a questionable surface in London. Not by a long shot. Damn straight he should get paid the $11.5 million he's guaranteed.
he's now healthy and wasn't worth a crap before the injury.
So what? I think the Zygi will survive the the financial hit.
The NFL draft is a giant exercise in self-reinforcement, fear, and risk aversion.
The Vikes should chip off a piece of that available cap space to Ivan Pace who has clearly outperformed his rookie minimum.
Being Pace was an UDFA, he gets to hit (restricted) free agency in year 4. If he continues to play as well as he has this year, he'll get paid before all the guys that got drafted. Pretty funny how that works. I went to Miami U as Pace did, so I've been cheering for him to do well. Tied an NCAA record with 6 sacks in one game while at Miami.
Which is fine to disagree on.
Fuller Brush Man
That's "Humphrey Frogart" to you, sir.