Lagartixa
Well-known member
This was the only way to go. It's always going to be more money than you want to spend, but he's getting less money per year and for fewer years than Derek Carr ($37.5 million vs. $35 million). I'd rather have Geno than Derek Carr any day. He's getting less money than Kyler Murray and less than Dak Prescott. He's basically getting Jared Goff money ($33.5 per year). So I think it's fair, and hopefully it's structured so that there's room under the cap for other nice things.
I've been tough on JaGoff, but I have to recognize that he had a really good season with the Lions after having been below-average in 2020 and 2021 with the Rams. The Lions can save some cap space by cutting Goff this offseason, but he was good enough in 2022 to make them at least hesitate before doing that. Goff managed to quietly be a top-ten QB in 2022, and possibly even top-five.
Almost makes you wonder if McVay isn't quite the "offensive genius" the media make him out to be.