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Agent's Take: Here's why Aaron Donald and Khalil Mack are still waiting for new deals
Will the Rams and Raiders stars become the NFL's first $20M-per-year non-quarterbacks? Let's take a look
by Joel Corry
The top of the quarterback market has seen remarkable growth in the last year. Raiders signal caller Derek Carr became the first NFL player to hit the $25-million-per-year mark last June. The Falcons recently made Matt Ryan the NFL's first $30-million-per-year player with a five-year, $150 million contract extension containing a league-record $100 million in overall guarantees.
Ryan's reign as the NFL's highest-paid player should be short lived. Packersquarterback Aaron Rodgers is expected to sign an extension before the start of training camp in late July eclipsing Ryan's $30 million average yearly salary.
The same phenomenon isn't occurring with non-quarterbacks. The top of the non-quarterback market has been stagnant, comparatively speaking. In the almost seven years since the existing Collective Bargaining Agreement was ratified (in August 2011 after the lockout), the top of the non-quarterback market has grown by just over 18 percent. By contrast, the top of the quarterback market has increased by almost 67 percent. In fact, the market has escalated by 20 percent in a little less than a year.
Passers haven't always been immune to the stagnation afflicting non-quarterbacks. It took nearly three years before Ravens quarterback Joe Flaccosupplanted Rodgers as the league's highest paid player in March 2016.
Next non-QBs in line
It's been widely assumed that Raiders edge rusher Khalil Mack and Ramsinterior defensive lineman Aaron Donald, who are scheduled to make $13.846 million and $6.892 million respectively this year in their contract years, would become football's first $20-million-per-year non-quarterbacks. Mack and Donald, as well as several other high-profile players, are expressing displeasure with their contract situations by skipping organized team activities. Withholding services has become old hat for Donald. The Rams won the battle in a contest of wills last preseason, when Donald ended his lengthy holdout right before the regular season began without getting a new contract.
The 2014 first-round picks, both 27 years old, didn't waste any time in making their presence felt in the NFL. Mack was the first player in league history to earn First Team All-Pro honors at two different positions during the same season (defensive end and outside linebacker) in 2015. Mack followed up that outstanding campaign by being named the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year in 2016. Mack's play in 2017 wasn't quite at the ridiculously high level of the previous two seasons, although he earned a third-consecutive Pro Bowl berth. His 36.5 sacks are second most in the NFL over the last three seasons and two more than what Broncos six-time All-Pro outside linebacker Von Miller has over that span.
Donald is the closest thing to a modern-day John Randle, an undersized interior defensive lineman who is in the Hall of Fame because of his ability to consistently pressure opposing quarterbacks during the 1990s and early 2000s. Donald, the 2014 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, solidified his standing as the league's most disruptive force from the interior of a defensive line last season, when he was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year. According to Pro Football Focus, Donald led the league with 91 quarterback pressures (combined sacks, quarterback hurries and quarterback hits) despite sitting out the season opener because his holdout had just ended and sitting out the season finale as a precautionary measure with the playoffs looming.
Sticker shock for Raiders and Rams?
Signing players of this magnitude is supposed to be a smooth process. It wouldn't be a surprise if the Raiders and Rams are having sticker shock. I suspect that restoring the traditional financial relationship between the highest-paid quarterback and non-quarterback that's existed under the current CBA is the end game with these dominant defenders. Both have high-powered representation that has helped shape the upper portion of the non-quarterback market with player-friendly deals.
Todd France, Donald's agent, negotiated Marcell Dareus' 2015 extension with the Bills, which made him the NFL's second-highest-paid NFL interior defensive lineman behind Ndamukong Suh at $15.85 million per year. The six-year extension was worth a maximum of $100.35 million thanks to salary escalators based on All-Pro honors. Dareus' $60 million in overall guarantees was a record for non-quarterbacks. His $42.9 million fully guaranteed at signing was on par with the top quarterback contracts in existence at that time. The six-year, $102 million extension with $63.299 million of guarantees France got defensive tackle Fletcher Cox from the Eagles in 2016 also raised the bar for non-quarterback guarantees.
Mack is represented by Joel Segal. Segal made Chiefs outside linebacker Justin Houston, who had been designated as a franchise player, the NFL's second highest-paid non-quarterback in 2015 with a six-year, $101 million contract containing $52.5 million of guarantees.
Segal also helped cornerback Trumaine Johnson play the franchise-tag game to perfection. After making slightly under $30.7 million the last two seasons with the Rams while on franchise tags, Johnson signed a five-year, $72.5 million deal with the Jets containing $45 million in guarantees this offseason. He is making a little less than $56.7 million from 2016 through 2018, which includes the first year of the Jets contract. The almost $56.7 million is NFL record compensation for a cornerback over a three-year period.
It's become a common practice for agents to adjust contracts into the existing salary-cap climate when preparing for negotiations on behalf of clients, which is something these two savvy negotiators probably have done to help formulate contract offers. How persuasive this methodology is with NFL teams varies.
Lots more at the link;
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...-khalil-mack-are-still-waiting-for-new-deals/
Agent's Take: Here's why Aaron Donald and Khalil Mack are still waiting for new deals
Will the Rams and Raiders stars become the NFL's first $20M-per-year non-quarterbacks? Let's take a look
by Joel Corry
The top of the quarterback market has seen remarkable growth in the last year. Raiders signal caller Derek Carr became the first NFL player to hit the $25-million-per-year mark last June. The Falcons recently made Matt Ryan the NFL's first $30-million-per-year player with a five-year, $150 million contract extension containing a league-record $100 million in overall guarantees.
Ryan's reign as the NFL's highest-paid player should be short lived. Packersquarterback Aaron Rodgers is expected to sign an extension before the start of training camp in late July eclipsing Ryan's $30 million average yearly salary.
The same phenomenon isn't occurring with non-quarterbacks. The top of the non-quarterback market has been stagnant, comparatively speaking. In the almost seven years since the existing Collective Bargaining Agreement was ratified (in August 2011 after the lockout), the top of the non-quarterback market has grown by just over 18 percent. By contrast, the top of the quarterback market has increased by almost 67 percent. In fact, the market has escalated by 20 percent in a little less than a year.
Passers haven't always been immune to the stagnation afflicting non-quarterbacks. It took nearly three years before Ravens quarterback Joe Flaccosupplanted Rodgers as the league's highest paid player in March 2016.
Next non-QBs in line
It's been widely assumed that Raiders edge rusher Khalil Mack and Ramsinterior defensive lineman Aaron Donald, who are scheduled to make $13.846 million and $6.892 million respectively this year in their contract years, would become football's first $20-million-per-year non-quarterbacks. Mack and Donald, as well as several other high-profile players, are expressing displeasure with their contract situations by skipping organized team activities. Withholding services has become old hat for Donald. The Rams won the battle in a contest of wills last preseason, when Donald ended his lengthy holdout right before the regular season began without getting a new contract.
The 2014 first-round picks, both 27 years old, didn't waste any time in making their presence felt in the NFL. Mack was the first player in league history to earn First Team All-Pro honors at two different positions during the same season (defensive end and outside linebacker) in 2015. Mack followed up that outstanding campaign by being named the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year in 2016. Mack's play in 2017 wasn't quite at the ridiculously high level of the previous two seasons, although he earned a third-consecutive Pro Bowl berth. His 36.5 sacks are second most in the NFL over the last three seasons and two more than what Broncos six-time All-Pro outside linebacker Von Miller has over that span.
Donald is the closest thing to a modern-day John Randle, an undersized interior defensive lineman who is in the Hall of Fame because of his ability to consistently pressure opposing quarterbacks during the 1990s and early 2000s. Donald, the 2014 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, solidified his standing as the league's most disruptive force from the interior of a defensive line last season, when he was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year. According to Pro Football Focus, Donald led the league with 91 quarterback pressures (combined sacks, quarterback hurries and quarterback hits) despite sitting out the season opener because his holdout had just ended and sitting out the season finale as a precautionary measure with the playoffs looming.
Sticker shock for Raiders and Rams?
Signing players of this magnitude is supposed to be a smooth process. It wouldn't be a surprise if the Raiders and Rams are having sticker shock. I suspect that restoring the traditional financial relationship between the highest-paid quarterback and non-quarterback that's existed under the current CBA is the end game with these dominant defenders. Both have high-powered representation that has helped shape the upper portion of the non-quarterback market with player-friendly deals.
Todd France, Donald's agent, negotiated Marcell Dareus' 2015 extension with the Bills, which made him the NFL's second-highest-paid NFL interior defensive lineman behind Ndamukong Suh at $15.85 million per year. The six-year extension was worth a maximum of $100.35 million thanks to salary escalators based on All-Pro honors. Dareus' $60 million in overall guarantees was a record for non-quarterbacks. His $42.9 million fully guaranteed at signing was on par with the top quarterback contracts in existence at that time. The six-year, $102 million extension with $63.299 million of guarantees France got defensive tackle Fletcher Cox from the Eagles in 2016 also raised the bar for non-quarterback guarantees.
Mack is represented by Joel Segal. Segal made Chiefs outside linebacker Justin Houston, who had been designated as a franchise player, the NFL's second highest-paid non-quarterback in 2015 with a six-year, $101 million contract containing $52.5 million of guarantees.
Segal also helped cornerback Trumaine Johnson play the franchise-tag game to perfection. After making slightly under $30.7 million the last two seasons with the Rams while on franchise tags, Johnson signed a five-year, $72.5 million deal with the Jets containing $45 million in guarantees this offseason. He is making a little less than $56.7 million from 2016 through 2018, which includes the first year of the Jets contract. The almost $56.7 million is NFL record compensation for a cornerback over a three-year period.
It's become a common practice for agents to adjust contracts into the existing salary-cap climate when preparing for negotiations on behalf of clients, which is something these two savvy negotiators probably have done to help formulate contract offers. How persuasive this methodology is with NFL teams varies.
Lots more at the link;
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...-khalil-mack-are-still-waiting-for-new-deals/
