I'm a Browns season ticket holder, so I'm very much enjoying one of my biggest rivals be the media circus, especially given that my team is generally the circus. I'll be the first to make jokes about Lamar being a running back, but that's more to get a reaction out of people than anything. To me Lamar is in that second tier of QB: not th…
I'm a Browns season ticket holder, so I'm very much enjoying one of my biggest rivals be the media circus, especially given that my team is generally the circus. I'll be the first to make jokes about Lamar being a running back, but that's more to get a reaction out of people than anything.
To me Lamar is in that second tier of QB: not the best in the league, but still an above average starter and one that could take you far with the right pieces around him. He is extremely talented and has a skillset that rarely translates to the pro game. You have to build the offense around his talent, given his weakness as a traditional passer, but you make up for it by his incredible shiftiness and ability to make plays with the feet. But his injuries are concerning, and if he won't be able to make it to the postseason consistently that has to be taken into account.
How much is he worth? I have no earthly idea. Danny Jones just got a 4year, 160 million if that's any indication, and I'd take Jackson over Jones in a heartbeat. If nothing else I certainly take a small amount of amusement that the Watson contract might have reset the QB market and caused this, given Lamar is apparently asking for a fully guaranteed contract. Whether or not the Browns chucked a quarter billion into a fire remains to be seen, but in the short term it might be giving the Ravens, and soon the Bengals, headaches in locking down the franchise guy.
That's the thing, though; everyone keeps comparing what he should get to Jones, but only (*only*) $92M is cuaranteed and the Giants can pretty easily get out from under it in two years. It's the full guarantee that makes the contracts so completely incomparable.
I'm a Browns season ticket holder, so I'm very much enjoying one of my biggest rivals be the media circus, especially given that my team is generally the circus. I'll be the first to make jokes about Lamar being a running back, but that's more to get a reaction out of people than anything.
To me Lamar is in that second tier of QB: not the best in the league, but still an above average starter and one that could take you far with the right pieces around him. He is extremely talented and has a skillset that rarely translates to the pro game. You have to build the offense around his talent, given his weakness as a traditional passer, but you make up for it by his incredible shiftiness and ability to make plays with the feet. But his injuries are concerning, and if he won't be able to make it to the postseason consistently that has to be taken into account.
How much is he worth? I have no earthly idea. Danny Jones just got a 4year, 160 million if that's any indication, and I'd take Jackson over Jones in a heartbeat. If nothing else I certainly take a small amount of amusement that the Watson contract might have reset the QB market and caused this, given Lamar is apparently asking for a fully guaranteed contract. Whether or not the Browns chucked a quarter billion into a fire remains to be seen, but in the short term it might be giving the Ravens, and soon the Bengals, headaches in locking down the franchise guy.
That's the thing, though; everyone keeps comparing what he should get to Jones, but only (*only*) $92M is cuaranteed and the Giants can pretty easily get out from under it in two years. It's the full guarantee that makes the contracts so completely incomparable.