Was Lynch's deal as great as some wanna brag about?

[BillsFever21]

Some are hailing Marv Levy as the king of GM's because we signed Lynch for a "steal" at 18 million over 5 years. Some must have never looked at the other rookie signings. Either that or they just wanna believe every deal is a steal even though we have been consistently overpaying for players either out of their drafting slot or higher then their production equates to in FA.

The 9th pick in the draft received a 5 year contract worth 13 million dollars. Lynch was the 12 pick in the draft and got 5 more million. Maybe Marv wasn't such a genius.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-dolphins-ginn&prov=ap&type=lgns

[BillsFever21]

Re: Was Lynch's deal as great as some wanna brag about?

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=txtexansokoye&prov=st&type=lgns

The player drafted 2 spots ahead of him got 17.7 million for a 6 YEAR contract. I would rather have Lynch for 1.2 million more and a 6th year. The Texans got Okoye at a 6 year contract for 1.2 million less then Lynch signed for 5 years.

[Crisis]

Re: Was Lynch's deal as great as some wanna brag about?

The same group of people will always find the negatives in anything, if lynch wasn't in camp right now you'd be the first one (not including op) *****ing about the FO.

First we're cheap now we overpay, can never win.

[SquishDaFish]

Re: Was Lynch's deal as great as some wanna brag about?

STFU he is signed camp is open. ITS FOOTBALL TIME!!

[Jan Reimers]

Re: Was Lynch's deal as great as some wanna brag about?

I don't understand why some alleged Bills' fan ***** about everything the team does.

[R. Rich]

Re: Was Lynch's deal as great as some wanna brag about?

I don't understand why some alleged Bills' fan ***** about everything the team does.

It's what they do. I believe it's called Randy Quaid's Syndrome.

[YardRat]

Re: Was Lynch's deal as great as some wanna brag about?

I was under the impression Lynch's contract was for 6 years, with the last being voidable if he hits certain incentives.

[Philagape]

Re: Was Lynch's deal as great as some wanna brag about?

Ginn's $13 million (up to 14) is in GUARANTEES.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/sfl-flspdolphins28nbjul28,0,1416792.story

Maybe the guy who wrote the first article isn't such a genius.

[Tatonka]

Re: Was Lynch's deal as great as some wanna brag about?

this thread sucks balls.

[HHURRICANE]

Re: Was Lynch's deal as great as some wanna brag about?

How about this? Instead of ripping on BillFever, who is a fan, explain why you think he is wrong.

Rookie contracts in the top 20 are usually the easiest to do. You try to be in between the guy above and below you.

Whether I think Ginn sucks or not is irrelevant because Lynch's contract shouldn't be more than his.

How about an explanation instead of an attack?

[justasportsfan]

Re: Was Lynch's deal as great as some wanna brag about?

this thread is so

[Philagape]

Re: Was Lynch's deal as great as some wanna brag about?

Whether I think Ginn sucks or not is irrelevant because Lynch's contract shouldn't be more than his.

It isn't.

[Goobylal]

Re: Was Lynch's deal as great as some wanna brag about?

I was under the impression Lynch's contract was for 6 years, with the last being voidable if he hits certain incentives.

Yep. Hence the $18M is for 6 years. And as phil said, Ginn's deal gives him over $13M in guarantees, and unless his full contract is guaranteed, which it isn't, he'll be making a LOT more money than that.

So Marv is still a genius and BF51 is still a neg.

[kgun12]

Re: Was Lynch's deal as great as some wanna brag about?

I don't understand why some alleged Bills' fan ***** about everything the team does.

It happens here and in the Sabre's room. I swear to god if the Bills and the Sabre's caused me as much grief as they do some people here I would either find another team to root for or not follow any team!

[HHURRICANE]

Re: Was Lynch's deal as great as some wanna brag about?

It isn't.

That depends.

Here's my view. It's a good contract.

However, you guys are fooling yourself if you think this is a 6 year deal.

1) All he has to do is start and the 6th year is voided.

2) We just went through this with McGahee. If Lynch is as good as we hope he will never play out his whole contract. So realistically he gets 10 million for 4 years.

He's in camp and I'm happy.