Building strong supporting casts and putting more pressure on the most important position in football to deliver when it matters most makes more sense than paying $55 million per year.
Many reporters couldn’t believe how much the Miami Dolphins agreed to pay Tagovailoa, which is understandable because there are a few lingering questions about the 2020 first-round pick, one being whether he can win in the postseason.
But teams such as the Detroit Lions and Tampa Bay Buccaneers just proved they can win playoff games with veteran castoffs who had plenty of pressure to earn another contract. Jared Goff and Baker Mayfield delivered and were compensated by their teams, respectively, this offseason. But Stafford is 36 and not a 20-something quarterback searching for a second career contract. And it’s tough to knock the Rams for maintaining flexibility and keeping their options open, something other teams fail to do when quarterback contract negotiations come up.
Will the Packers and the Dolphins or even the Jacksonville Jaguars, who just paid Trevor Lawrence $55 million per year, be much better this season than, say, the Buccaneers and Mayfield, who’s making $33 million per year? It’s debatable, but the Buccaneers were pretty good last year and have a talented roster around Mayfield.
But every situation is different. Love already proved his worth after being forced to be the backup for three seasons to start his career, followed by quickly jumping into a contract year for his first season as the starting quarterback. The Packers didn’t even pick up his fifth-year option that was worth around $20 million and instead handed him a one-year, $13.5 million extension with incentives as a way to protect themselves in case Love struggled as a starter last season.
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