MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK

Vikings trying to bring back Trevor Siemian...

The Vikings are attempting to keep backup quarterback Trevor Siemian in Minnesota.

According to Chris Tomasson of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the Vikings are trying to re-sign Siemian to continue to serve as a backup to starter Kirk Cousins.

The Vikings dealt a fifth-round pick to the Denver Broncos last March to add Siemian to their roster. The Broncos had signed former Vikings starter Case Keenum as their replacement for Siemian as a starter. The Vikings wanted a veteran backup behind Cousins as they attempted to turn an NFC Championship appearance into another deep playoff run.

Siemian ultimately didn’t have to play a single down for the Vikings in 2018.

Siemian started 24 of 25 games players over a two-year stretch as a starter for Denver. He completed 59.3 percent of his passes for 5,686 yards with 30 touchdowns and 24 interceptions. (PFT)

 

Is Russell Wilson sending the Seahawks a message?...



Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson created some news on Friday when asked by Jimmy Fallon whether Wilson anticipates getting the “biggest contract ever.” Here’s the far bigger question: Did that topic come up coincidentally, or deliberately?

With Seahawks coach Pete Carroll telling PFT Live two weeks earlier that talks between the team and Wilson, whose contract expires after 2019, on a long-term deal are “ongoing,” Wilson quite possibly was making it known that the time is now to get it done, and that the goal is a dollar more than the $33.5 million per year paid to quarterback Aaron Rodgers by the Packers.

Last May, PFT reported that Wilson intended at the time to resist signing a long-term deal and playing on a year-to-year basis under the franchise tag. While he’d be carrying the risk of injury, the rules make playing quarterback safer than ever (subject to the ever-present possibility of a fluke injury like the badly broken leg suffered by Alex Smith last season), which makes it far easier to refuse the security of a long-term deal and to activate a process that would result in $30.34 million in 2020 for Wilson, $36.41 million for 2021, and (if the Seahawks tag him a third time) $52.43 million for 2022.

Including the $17 million Russell is due to earn this year, that’s $136.41 million over four years, which equates to $34 million per year over the next four. So why not just offer him $34 million per year over the next four or five years right now?

Whatever it would take to sign Wilson now, it’s only going to get more expensive as he more time goes by. And Fallon’s question, coupled with Wilson’s answer, could be a clear and unmistakable sign to the team that the time has come to make him the highest-paid player in football history. (PFT)

 

Siemian signed with the Jets to back up Darnold.

 

These clowns that want to be the highest paid players aren't winning Super Bowls. I don't know why the owners of these franchises can't see it. Everyone talks about Brady "taking less" and I don't think that's it at all. I think Belichick has told him, "Tom if you want to be one of the highest paid QBs then you're going to have to play somewhere else. If you want to win Super Bowls you can play here and we'll pay you a lot of money."

 

I think Brady's situation has more to do with the fact he's not the sole bread-earner in the family...not even the PRIME money-earner, in fact. What's a few mil when your wife is worth nearly half a billion?

 

Obviously I'm speculating but I think it's more Belichick driven. And I think it's why he was so pissed when Kraft made him trade Garroppolo. Jimmy was his leverage and his chance to prove winning was more-Bill and less-Tom.

 

I mean Brady also runs a business that the Patriots pay to directly which legitimizes his sham partner... Easier to take a "salary hit" when your team is paying for TB12...

 

Yeah, I don't think this has anything to do with some kind of Dickensian Belichick power play. Not really sure how far one has to be down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole to give that any kind of legitimacy. A guy like Brady knows that his money comes from a whole lot more than just his contract. Take a few million less on your contract, stay with the team and market where you have unbridled success and a brand and legacy that will last as long as you want it to. Give that team more leverage to continue succeeding, knowing that your success is dependent on the team's ability to pay for talent. For every Super Bowl you win, you more than make up for whatever discount you've given the team.

 

Nick Foles gets more than $45 million fully guaranteed at signing...

Nick Foles didn’t necessarily break the bank in comparison to other quarterback contracts, but he sprained the hell out of it.

Foles’ new contract with the Jaguars pays $45.125 million fully-guaranteed at signing, and the structure of the deal makes the remaining $5 million in injury guarantees as a practical matter fully guaranteed.

Here’s the breakdown of the contract:

1. Signing bonus: $25 million.

2. 2019 salary: $5 million, fully guaranteed.

3. 2020 salary: $15.125 million, fully guaranteed.

4. 2021 roster bonus: $5 million, guaranteed for injury at signing, fully guaranteed if Foles is on the roster on the third day of the 2020 league year.

5. 2021 salary: $14.875 million.

6. 2022 salary: $20 million.

7. 2019-2022 per-game roster bonuses: $31,250 (up to $500,000 per year).

The contract includes up to $3.5 million per year in incentives based on playing time, making the playoffs, making the Pro Bowl, winning NFL MVP, and being named Super Bowl MVP.

Without per-game roster bonuses, the deal has a base value of $85 million over four years ($21.25 million per year). If he’s on the 46-man roster for all 64 regular-season games, the deal becomes worth $87 million ($21.75 million). The maximum value of the deal (if he earns all incentives, an extreme long shot) is $101 million.

The practical guarantee is $50.125 million because the Jaguars can avoid the $5 million roster bonus only by cutting him after one season, which would mean that he will have received $45.125 million for one year with the team. Which surely won’t happen, even though the Jags cut quarterback Blake Bortles after only one year of his most recent deal. (PFT)

 

Jon Gruden: Derek Carr will be our quarterback...

Raiders coach Jon Gruden insists that Derek Carr is his starting quarterback for the 2019 season.

Despite the Raiders’ plans to work out Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray and Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins, Gruden says Carr, not a rookie, will be the starter.

“Yeah, he’s going to be our quarterback,” Gruden told Jim Trotter of NFL Network. “I’m not going to address all the rumors. I could care less about the rumors, you know? He threw for 4,100 yards. Threw for almost 70 percent in a very dire, tough circumstance. So I’ve got a lot of confidence in Carr, what he can do with Antonio Brown, with Tyrell Williams, with Trent Brown coming in here to help our offensive line, with a better defense. I’m excited about Carr.”

Gruden said the meetings with quarterbacks are no different than their meetings with “a lot of guys at every position” and that Gruden wants to make the right pick with the fourth overall pick.

Realistically, if the Raiders choose Murray or Haskins, Carr is on the way out. But right now, Gruden says he’s sticking with Carr. (PFT)

 

Shes not quite half a billion but together they are found this

Brady's net worth is an estimated $180 million, while Bündchen's is $360 million, meaning the power couple is worth more than half a billion dollars.

 

PFFT.... You can't even buy a football team with that....talk to me when they have a billion!



LOL

 

Report: Russell Wilson gives team April 15 deadline for new deal

Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson wants a new deal, and he wants it now. Or at least by the time the team’s voluntary offseason program starts April 15, according to Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times.

The sides have negotiated in recent days, with Wilson hoping for a quick resolution, according to Condotta.

Wilson has one year remaining on the four-year, $87.6 million contract he signed July 31, 2015. He wants this negotiation concluded earlier this time to avoid the speculation that occurred during the 2015 offseason, per Condotta.

It is not known if Wilson will skip the voluntary offseason program in the absence of an extension.

He said in January he would play the 2019 season without a new contract “if that’s what I’ve got to do.”

The Seahawks want to get a deal done to ensure Wilson’s future in Seattle, without having to use the franchise tag next offseason.

“We’ve been in communication, sure,” coach Pete Carroll said last week at the owners’ meetings. “It’s very topical. We’re on it.”

Wilson’s $21.9 million per year average ranks 12th among quarterbacks. He will move way up the pay scale with a new deal, with how high the only question. (PFT)

 

Wilson got 4years/140,000,000

 

This is a case where her life might've been saved from being married to an NFL player. If a team doctor hadn't suggested it, or if she didn't have the money needed for the surgery... could've been a much different story. Here's to good things happening serendipitously.

 

Ben Roethlisberger signed a 2 year extension. Details haven't been released yet.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...en-roethlisberger-agrees-to-twoyear-extension
Ian Rapaport reports that its likely above $30 million APY

 

If it were me, I wouldn't be committing to more time with Ben. But, since this would be his last contracted year, I can see why the team is hesitant to jump from the safety of their "We have our QB" perch into the pool of, "Is the guy we drafted ready?". From a personal standpoint, this isn't a good move. But given how the team has handled business in the past, I can see why this isn't surprising.

 

Agreed, Ben doesn’t have the eye of the tiger anymore.

 

Its only 2 years, but a bigger problem, in my opinion, is the lack of weapons on offense. Ben will need to play mistake-free football.