Give me your best Terry Contract (update: deal is done 3 yrs $96M)

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Originally Posted by MTK

Let him play out his contract this year and franchise him next year. He would be dumb to turn down a competitive offer if it’s around the $30m/year range.

Agree, this is the main reason Terry has limited leverage. Peters would naturally be looking at this as the ceiling:

This Year, 2025: $19.9M, per existing contract
Next Year, 2026: franchise tag, $28M per OverTheCap
Year After, 2027: franchise tag again, must be no less than 20% increase, $33.7M

Total of $81.6M over three years. After that, Terry will be 32 and his chances at a big payday are over.

Keep in mind, his cap number this year is $25.5M but he's due $19.9M this year, the other $5.6M was prorated signing bonus he received three years ago when he signed.

So with that as the context I have a hard time seeing why Peters would be compelled to go over $30M per season. His break glass in case of emergency plan would be $27M over three years.

If Terry's agent can't read that at the poker table then Terry needs a new agent. Give him the $28M or $29M per year with lion's share guaranteed, worth the $1 or $2M extra to sing kumbaya during Jayden's rookie deal. Otherwise, do your job as the executive and protect the team's financial picture, and force Terry to play on two consecutive tags.