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Good news on the signing. Front loaded to give us an option to move on if he starts to mail it in.
Amazing how expensive some positions are. I love Cordy but he's not worth that coin. But hey, that's the going rate for a decent LT these days. And it sure as **** beats the hell out of letting him go and starve at the position yet again.
We can gripe about the money, but I'm just glad it got done. If Glenn hit the open market as a FA I'm sure he would have gotten something similar. There's a shortage of quality OL across the league right now, so teams are willing to pay a premium. Glenn is 26 and hasn't missed a game in the last 3 years. There are definitely worse ways to spend that money and if the Bills tried to sign someone similar in free agency they'd probably have to pay even more. And I like that the bulk of the cap hits happen earlier in the contract. That sets the team up nicely for the future.
That contract is too rich but the way we draft and evaluate OL talent do we really have any choice but to pay it?
Well, I was close on the guaranteed amount. You can still amortize the signing bonus right? The cap hit for the 1st 2 years might not be as bad as it seems, then.
So, its about $12 million a year. There are now 12 OT's getting at least 9 million.
TBH, I'd rather give the extra 3 million a year to him instead of some dime back or a second team LB who fits the scheme.
If nothing else, at least we didn't let him walk and say.."I really like this kid we just signed as an undrafted free agent, we need to see what he can do"
This is a good thing. It's a high draft pick that we've actually hit on at a position that's been a huge problem, other than Glenn and Peters, for the past 15 years. Other than QB, LT is the most important position on offense and thus there were three tackles taken in the top 15 of the draft.
If he hit the open market in 2017, he would have made a similar amount or probably more.
If they are splitting the guaranteed money in the form of bonuses the first two or three years, than his cap hit for '16 should kick down to 7 or 8 mil, but will probably be closer to 11 or 12 mil in '17.
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I heard it's 1 mil a year the first 3 years, then 62 Mil the last 2...which we will never pay and ask him to reduce down to 5 Mil a year so we can ink Cardale Jones his 2nd contract.
Let's just wait for the real terms. Glad that he's here, long term.
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