Quote:
|
Goff's new deal will make him the NFL's second highest-paid quarterback on a per-year basis. His deal will average $53 million per season, trailing only Joe Burrow ($55 million), and ahead of Justin Herbert ($52.5 million), Lamar Jackson ($52 million) and Jalen Hurts ($51 million). It will effectively set the market for the league's next round of quarterback contracts.
|
Based on those numbers, it does feel like $45 million is a better fit for Goff.
But I can see two things motivating the Lions' thinking here.
(1) Dak's extension is looming, and he's getting closer to $60/year than $50/year. And you are going to have extensions for Jordan Love, etc. coming up, too. It's generally smart to get in on the front end of the extension train because the numbers always go up.
(2) This is the Lions. They have been a joke for years. And now they are not. And adding this to the St. Brown and Sewell extensions sends the message to the fans and the locker room that they are in it to win it. I like that. You are trying to wash away 50 years of bad karma. You've got to take some bold strokes to do that.