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Wow the Browns had 8 first round picks 2012-2016 and none of them are on the roster now.

Phone Pace to call the Bills

Someone here was really high on Shaq Lawson as I recall.....

I was hoping he would get 200m :-)

The Green Bay Packers have agreed to a four-year contract extension with quarterback Aaron Rodgers worth $134 million, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.

Rodgers is expected to receive $80 million between now and March.

James Jones of NFL Network added that Rodgers will have over $100 million in guarantees.

Adam Schefter of ESPN provided additional details of the deal:


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 Aaron Rodgers new deal with the Packers will be with $176m-180m total, per source. Big feature is cash flow: $67m before end of calendar, over $80m before St. Patrick’s Day next year, $103m practically guaranteed, per source.

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Schefter first reported the new deal was close and was "expected to be the largest in NFL history." Rodgers had two years remaining on his current contract.

The 34-year-old had a cap hit of about $20.6 million in 2018, which put him 14th among quarterbacks, per Spotrac.

Local ESPN radio guys says how good this contract is for the NFL and that it will increase pay for everybody because the NFL players generate so much income and are not equally compensated.

What this means is that we pay more for stadium tickets, more for NFL ticket, more for products advertised on games etc etc.

Will Rogers ever spend $134M - would he ever spend half that?  Kind of like CEO pay.

Are you really criticizing the player for the contract he got? The team thinks thats fair value or they wouldn't have done the deal... and the owners are making a killing. They can freeze prices and still make a killing.

Players get 47% of the the 'defined' pie... as the pie grows their salaries keep going up. Good. they are the ones putting their health on the line.

If this means that the GB cant pay WR's as much... that is their issue to deal with. Increasing prices at games has nothing to do with player salaries, but the sustained push for higher profits.

Owners could choose to FREEZE revenues on ticket sales, lowering the pie available to players... instead they choose to bilk every dime out of you... and you blame players.