I don't know about this one.
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Breaking: Broncos and Russell Wilson just reached agreement on a five-year, $245 million contract extension that includes $165 million guaranteed, sources tell ESPN.
Deal now ties Wilson to Denver for seven total years and $296 million. Another massive QB deal in the books.
That's just how the market is going. Watson, accused of multiple accounts of sexual assault and underwent a whole investigation, got 230M GUARANTEED. Lamar Jackson is going to get PAID as are some of the upcoming extension candidates in the near future (Herbert, Burrow, etc.)
Yeah, but look at the ages. Wilson is nearly 34. The guys you're mentioning are in their 20s.
Fair, though Rodgers at age 38 signed a 3/150M deal with 150M all guaranteed. And I think the trend now is QBs could play into their early 40s or very close to 40.
I don't really mind it though for Denver. For one, they finally got an elite-caliber QB for at least the next 3-5 years (think Peyton Manning after 2011) and at least now they don't have to worry about any "tensions" regarding contracts and stuff going into this season.
If anything, I agree that I do think while I love him and he is really good, you wonder if Wilson is really that Top-5 caliber QB. I've always thought he benefitted big time from the Legion of Boom between 2013-2016 and since then, even though his O-Line wasn't great I thought Wilson looked a lot more human. But Denver does have more talent surrounding him and a promising coach