The Taysom Hill deal was for 21 million dollars! (3 Viewers)

[whodatphil]

That’s a lot

We can do it. Drew and Taysom contracts combined is about the cost of Jared Goff, Kirk Cousins etc

 

[schuetter]

What this contract says to me is that SP plans to give Taysom the shot at starting QB in 2021, but wants to see how that pans out before committing long term, and rightly so. I also don’t believe that plan negates the possibility of SP upgrading there if the perfect situation came along. The truth is, as much as we all try to hypothesize what these kinds of decisions mean in definite terms, nothing is definite or guaranteed in this business or any other for that matter. The contract makes sense regardless of how it plays out because the goal is to improve, not to be proven right.

 

[Piper Aydair]

9-10 per year is what I expected him to get all along. It's a fair deal if you add up what you'd pay a QB3, TE3, WR4, and special teams ace.

I expected a longer deal, however. Lol at the notion that two years is some kind of commitment. It's the literal exact opposite of that.

Kind Sir, do you forget posting this response to tjharris on Feb 10th where you said tjharris lost his mind for saying Taysom would get 7.5-8 Million per year. Now you say this amount is what you expected?

tjharris said:
I think Taysom is get a 7.5 to 8 million per year offer. I'm willing to bet the Saints would go to 12 million per year. I

Some of you people have lost your damned minds.

They paid the guy in front of Taysom on the depth chart $7mm last year. There's no way they're going to pay him $5 million per year more than that.

 

[Loose Cannon]

Or the Saints would have traded a bunch of picks and moved up to draft Tua.

Or drafted Love
Or gone after Mariota
Or Tom Brady
Or Andy Dalton, Cam, or any of the numerous reasonably effective veteran QBs out there

Or signed.... wait for it


Jameis Winston

 

[Loose Cannon]

Kind Sir, do you forget posting this response to tjharris on Feb 10th where you said tjharris lost his mind for saying Taysom would get 7.5-8 Million per year. Now you say this amount is what you expected?

 

[Walter White]

Look, I would love to have a mobile QB like Taysom that is also accurate with the ball. And sure he has had some decent preseason game, but he's also had some bad ones and has not been consistent. I would at least like to see him dominate in preseason before turning the franchise over to him. I'm also concerned that a lot of what he does even at QB is dependent on great athleticism. And he is either 30 or just about to turn 30 which is when athleticism tends to start to decline for most players, especially guys that are basically out there getting banged around like a RB or TE. I mean, Taysom has never seen a guy he wouldn't rather run over than run around. So, I have some concerns about the long term viability of a 30 year old QB that relies on athleticism. IMO, he is going to have to learn to be a better pure QB to get by as he gets older.

And while he has done everything that has been asked of him in the past, the NFL is littered with great athletes that did everything that was asked of them (Hines Ward and Kordell Stewart for example), but when asked to become a better and more accurate thrower of the football, couldn't do it. I really hope Hill is the guy that does it, but it would be a major risk to commit to him as the franchise QB at this point and without bringing in competition in the next few years.

Great post. I would love nothing more for Hill to come in and be a Lamar Jackson but he has shown nothing in his football career to say that can ever happen.

 

[Saint Greg]

We can do it. Drew and Taysom contracts combined is about the cost of Jared Goff, Kirk Cousins etc

You can bet most of Taysom’s 21mil is on next year since we didn’t have much cap space for this year and we needed to create space to sign Jameis. The question is how much Drew counts next year if he retires. He currently has a cap number of 36mil next year.

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[Quiet Storm]

Jesus how did we afford that on top of whatever we paid Crab Legs!?

Loomising 101.

Those threads every year about never having enough cap room are pointless. Mickey is a master at his craft. This is why most of us never worry about FA...except that ONE thread every offseason.

 

[meily]

So much for Hill not being the future.

That cemented it.

 

[Quiet Storm]

Great post. I would love nothing more for Hill to come in and be a Lamar Jackson but he has shown nothing in his football career to say that can ever happen.

To be fair, he's NEVER been given that chance. Are we really going to sit Brees for a few series so Taysom can show what he can do?

Maybe this year we do. I think it would benefit both guys to share/split time some.

 

[Loose Cannon]

To be fair, he's NEVER been given that chance.

He was a five-year starter at BYU and in his best year ended up as the 124th most accurate quarterback in Division 1 college football.

 

[ilvdsnts]

Too much unless Drew retires and Taysom earns the starting job.

For two years in his joker position or as a backup, that is a lot of money.

But think of it as 2 players. He fills the position of 2 players, QB2 AND Joker 1 and we’re paying him 21M to fill both instead of paying 2 other people to fill both of those rolls.

 

[Quiet Storm]

I don't get the people who think Taysom could be our future starting QB. He has not shown any ability whatsoever to be a starting QB in the NFL.

Never been given a chance so how do you know??

 

[madd_squabbles]

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The #Saints 2-year deal with Taysom Hill is for $21 million with $16 million guaranteed. It also includes another $1 million in earnable incentives. Very, very nice numbers to keep Hill in the fold through the 2021 season.

Watch this and then tell me he's not worth the money:

 

[Quiet Storm]

He was a five-year starter at BYU and in his best year ended up as the 124th most accurate quarterback in Division 1 college football.

That's college. Peyton Manning threw 26 INTs his rookie year. Indy should have stopped there!

Don't twist my words, I'm not saying Taysom is Manning. But players do learn and CAN improve, it's not impossible.