Paying Too Much

This is just the way football is now.... players get the huge contracts at any sign of some sort of potential. But the kicker is that these contracts aren't guaranteed anyway so they still have to perform at a high level. Of course, this opens the door to the old debate on whether any of these players are worth the kind of dough they are making these days in sports.

Although, imo Delhomme did very good last year and made the plays when he had to.

I like the move by the Panthers.

Is $38 million for 6 years a ton of cash? Yes.

Is Delhomme as accurate as Pennington or as strong-armed as Favre? No.

But, the deal is not as crazy as it sounds. For one, the contract is VERY backloaded. Second, the signing bonus (the most important part of any deal) is a mere $6 million. Third, Delhomme is a very mature and poised individual. Fourth, he gets the job done when it counts most.

So lets say that Jake is just a decent QB, but not worth a $7 million salary by year four of the deal? The Panthers can cut him and be out less than $3 million in dead money the next season. But I think he is better than just an average QB; not a Pro-Bowler, but certainly better than a lot of starting QBs out there.

Oh, by the way, the 'Skins almost got Jake last offseason, but opted for Rob Johnson.

12 million signing bonus. So it's about 4 million a season.

I actually couldn't remember where I read the 6 Million SB. Then I remembered that I read it on profootballtalk.com. As we all know that site is complete garbage. The info. reported on the site is poor, the "sources" suck (or are non-existent), and so one should NEVER rely on that site for info. Unfortunately, I didn't remember I read about Delhomme's deal on that site and so my post was totally off-base.

My apologies Warpathers.

if its a 12 million dollar signgin bonus itd only be two million a year wouldnt it Cush?

And I guess signing Rob Johnson wasnt the anwser huh, I could have told Snyder that, why did we consider signing him in the first place. I know they iddnt want anyone to compete with Ramsey, but Rob Johnson?!?1

if its a 12 million dollar signgin bonus itd only be two million a year wouldnt it Cush?

And I guess signing Rob Johnson wasnt the anwser huh, I could have told Snyder that, why did we consider signing him in the first place. I know they iddnt want anyone to compete with Ramsey, but Rob Johnson?!?1

i think at the time they wanted a "proven" qb with some mobility, but obviously that didn't pan out very well. plus i for one am glad we didn't go after delhomme cuz i much prefer our young qb of the future ramsey as well as having a real proven veteran qb in brunnel.