Matthew Stafford Contract Status

[DzRams]

Does that salary include his bonus paid up front in 22'?

This talk of what he got paid last year is kind of misleading. Patrick Mahomes was paid $18M last year in base salary & roster bonus, if we are leaving out his signing bonus from a few years ago. So I guess he was underpaid as well?

If we want to include up front bonus, he is still playing at a discount since he played in '22 and '23 for $1.5m salary per year.

From what I can tell with OTC, the total cash he's received since signing the new deal - i.e. 3/2022 to 3/2025 - is approx. $110m which equates to approx. $36.5m per season. That's a discount.

 

[Spider2YB]

Saying Stafford can retire and citing it as some nuclear weapon of bargaining power depends upon Stafford actually being willing to retire. He and McVay are probably quite open about shit with one another. So if he is hard up to play and make sure that gold jacket is a done deal the Rams will know that.

Bottom line here is Stafford is the best option for the Rams. No other option is in his class. And the Rams are his best option. He knows the offense, and the roster is very close to being a contender it just needs a few more pieces.

So it'll get done most likely. Unless one of the parties decides to play hardball. Which is possible but it's not ideal for either of them.

Stafford wants to get back to the Super Bowl and make it to the HoF. Going to play for a team like the Giants—that has a terrible OL, and one winning season in 8 years—makes it all the more likely that he doesn’t make it back to a Super Bowl and that the last memory NFL fans get of him is a 6-10 Giants season where he gets his ass kicked every week behind a shitty OL.

Not saying he won’t accept a trade but it’s gonna have to be a really ideal situation or to a team that’s going to pay him substantially over market value.

 

[WestCoastRam]

Jesus guys, Breer said Rams want him at right price and that Stafford wants to be here at right price.

The deals gonna get done.

Make him give us a discount on the sticker price and we'll throw in rust proofing and it'll be done.

 

[dieterbrock]

If we want to include up front bonus, he is still playing at a discount since he played in '22 and '23 for $1.5m salary per year.

From what I can tell with OTC, the total cash he's received since signing the new deal - i.e. 3/2022 to 3/2025 - is approx. $110m which equates to approx. $36.5m per season. That's a discount.

He signed a 4 year extension for 160 mill. It’s 40 mill AAV. That’s the contract he wants revised. Don’t overcomplicate things.
2022 was the last year of his Lions deal so including ‘22 needs to also include the signing bonus monies paid by Detroit in that deal.

 

[dieterbrock]

Not saying he won’t accept a trade but it’s gonna have to be a really ideal situation or to a team that’s going to pay him substantially over market value.

You still don’t get it. He has no say in who he would get traded to.

 

[DzRams]

He signed a 4 year extension for 160 mill. It’s 40 mill AAV. That’s the contract he wants revised. Don’t overcomplicate things.
2022 was the last year of his Lions deal so including ‘22 needs to also include the signing bonus monies paid by Detroit in that deal.

Lions money? Sheesh, talk about overcomplicating things. No matter which way you look at it, he could have demand more and didn't. You've already acknowledged earlier that he's played at a discount.

 

[dieterbrock]

Lions money? Sheesh, talk about overcomplicating things. No matter which way you look at it, he could have demand more and didn't. You've already acknowledged earlier that he's played at a discount.

Can you read? I said judge it by the contract of 4 years 160 mill so you don’t have to over complicate it.
Signing bonus money counts. Leaving it out of the equation is ignorant.
His Rams deal is 4/160

 

[DzRams]

Can you read? I said judge it by the contract of 4 years 160 mill so you don’t have to over complicate it.
Signing bonus money counts. Leaving it out of the equation is ignorant.
His Rams deal is 4/160

Can you read? The post you responded to INCLUDED signing bonus money. The $110m included the $60m signing bonus. Probably should make sure you fully comprehend before responding. Ok?

 

[dieterbrock]

Can you read? The post you responded to INCLUDED signing bonus money. The $110m included the $60m signing bonus. Probably should make sure you fully comprehend before responding. Ok?

Jesus Christ. It’s like grade school.
That’s the money the Rams paid him while he was on his Lions contact. Get it? He was paid by the lions via signing bonus and guaranteed money. That was also money pocketed.
That’s why it’s stupid to include it.
Again, don’t over complicate it.
The Rams/Stafford contract in question is 4 years 160 mill.
Good grief

 

[DzRams]

Jesus Christ. It’s like grade school.
That’s the money the Rams paid him while he was on his Lions contact. Get it? He was paid by the lions via signing bonus and guaranteed money. That was also money pocketed.
That’s why it’s stupid to include it.
Again, don’t over complicate it.
The Rams/Stafford contract in question is 4 years 160 mill.
Good grief

You're missing the fucking point....probably because I was having a conversation with someone else.

I know what the Rams contract in question is. And that contract was a discount to market rates.

The other poster asked if it was a discount after including signing bonus money. I broke down the details including the signing bonus money showing that it indeed still was a discount. End of story.

 

[dieterbrock]

You're missing the fucking point....probably because I was having a conversation with someone else.

Ok, lets find middle ground here.
When Stafford signed his 160 mill extension, his AAV of 40 mill per season was not the highest for QB, IIRC he was somewhere around 7 or 8th highest paid. In other words, he didnt squeeze every dollar he could have. For that one could say he gave a discount.
Better?

 

[DzRams]

Ok, lets find middle ground here.
When Stafford signed his 160 mill extension, his AAV of 40 mill per season was not the highest for QB, IIRC he was somewhere around 7 or 8th highest paid. In other words, he didnt squeeze every dollar he could have. For that one could say he gave a discount.
Better?

Middle ground found.

 

[Ellard80]

You still don’t get it. He has no say in who he would get traded to.

you really think that Stafford wouldn't have any say?

That's pretty ignorant.

 

[dieterbrock]

you really think that Stafford wouldn't have any say?

That's pretty ignorant.

They dont need his approval to trade him. Fact.
Talk about ignorant

 

[jrry32]

I'd love for Stafford to be our QB next season, but this is a business decision. He's up there in age. We should not give him guaranteed money beyond this year (2025 season).

 

[Ellard80]

They dont need his approval to trade him. Fact.
Talk about ignorant

He'd retire before he went somewhere he didn't want to.

Not to mention I can't see the organization and him not working together in an amicable way.

Also you must not be watching sports the past decade plus.. because players dictate where they are traded to all the time.

 

[Ellard80]

Yeah I find the threat of retiring beyond ridiculous. Is Stafford the best option? Of course he is BUT thats depends on what he wants in a contract. If it cripples the Rams ability to sign future young players to a 2nd contract, it is definitely worth weighing it out. Anyone just saying pay him is oblivious to that fact. A good FO always determines the immediate and future impact of a contract decision, especially when it involves a player that is much closer to retirement than not.

You think he would go play anywhere? doesn't matter how shitty they are - he will just suit up and get his ass handed to him with no chance of winning?

Stop and think about it - he would say no thanks and walk away.

 

[CGI_Ram]

he would say no thanks and walk away.

But, isn’t this about more money in 2025? To walk away goes opposite that, including bonus money to repay.

 

[dieterbrock]

He'd retire before he went somewhere he didn't want to.

Not to mention I can't see the organization and him not working together in an amicable way.

Also you must not be watching sports the past decade plus.. because players dictate where they are traded to all the time.

Clueless as usual
He can retire if he wants, but the trade is still valid and he would not only make $0, he could be forced to pay back some of his signing bonus.

 

[dieterbrock]

That would be pretty funny. Rams trade Stafford to the Giants for the #3 pick, and take a 45 mill dead cap hit.
Stafford retires, Rams keep the #3 pick and an arbitrator states Stafford has to pay back 15 mill of his signing bonus, which lowers the dead cap hit to 30