Fort Money Gets A Lucky Break
I’m sure some of you expected this on Thursday but the news broke too late for me to hit it. Not a lucky break.
ANDREW LUCK IS NOW THE HIGHEST PAID PLAYER IN NFL HISTORY. And another chapter to the Fort Elite Moneys saga has been written. It’s weird to think all of this started in Joe Flacco’s bedroom. This narrative is getting out of hand, at some point I assume I will be drawing Teddy Bridgewater with Death Star Elite Money. Maybe I’ll pull a hack TV writer storyline and hit the reset button. Or this will eventually build into the Draw Play’s series finale and my final comic will be some player creating an entire money universe.
I’ve seen some noise disputing the contract. I guess it’s understandable. Luck is a big time player but so far he really hasn’t played quite to this highest level. He’s an interception machine and it seems like he does too much. Giving up on a broken play is okay once in a while. But still, if you had to build your team around a young and promising player, Luck would be very high on that list. He’s damn good, and the Colts are taking the understandable gamble of keeping him around forever hoping he will live up to all that hype he’s still riding.
I don’t really know who will get the next mega contract. Cam got paid. Wilson got paid. Luck got paid. The way things are going it might be Sheldon Richardson from the Jets, or hell, Ryan Fitzpatrick. Teddy Bridgewater needs to take a step forward this season before there is any risk of him making more than journeyman money. Bortles? Bort took a step forward and has shown potential. Maybe Winston and/or Mariota down the line 4 years from now. Derek Carr might get hella paid too. There are options, but right now nobody looks like a sure thing. so lets make it fun and take bets we will all forget about!
Who will be the next highest paid player in NFL history?
This past week has been a pretty interesting one to see how players in different leagues get paid.
Steven Stamkos, one of the best pure snipers in the NHL, resigns with the Lightning for $8.5M a year. That doesn’t even make him the highest paid player in the league. That belongs to Jonathon Toews and Patrick Kane at $10.5.
Meanwhile, Luck makes Stamkos look broke as hell by getting a $140M contract.
Then a bunch of NBA players make Luck’s contract look standard. $128M for Bradley Beal, who’s always hurt (but is All-Star caliber when healthy).$153M for Mike Conley, who’s simply a good point guard. Demar DeRozan gets $139M. It’s ridiculous.
As for who’s getting the mega contract, well, the salary cap went up this year, and will go up again next year. I know for sure as a Redskins fan, that if Kirk Cousins performs well this year, his agent will use Luck’s contract as a reference point.
I reckon Conley’s contract is the largest in league history, not that I don’t think he’s overpaid…
Lucky the isn’t The Draw-Double-Play – baseball contracts make NFL ones look like peanuts.
And the NBA Is just insane. In what world does Timofey Mozgov deserve a fatter contract than Steph Curry?
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Why does that say 93 points when he had 23 in that game?
I think we already know who the next highest-paid-player in NFL history is going to be.
Von Miller.
Is that a money blimp or a money jumbo jet? At some point you are probably going to have a Money Death Star. Maybe even a $$$ Sun.
Bridgewater is Minnesota’s franchise QB and should be built around accordingly.
And thank you for making a comic about Luck’s new contract. I remember thinking last year my QB in connected franchise got a 7-year deal worth 113 million… wow.
The way you depict Russell Wilson will never stop being hilarious. Seriously. I thought it might have been someone in the background at first, and then suddenly I realized who it was, and started laughing.
As far as money is concerned, I have a feeling we’ll know when Tom Brady is going to retire, because he’ll suddenly sign the largest 1-year deal in the history of all sports.
I don’t think so, the NFL doesn’t do the whole reward you for the past thing, especially not his team.
The end of the Draw Play series should just be Sam Grezezezezes waking up in bed next to Spilly after taking a golf ball to the head.
Aaron Rodgers will probably get paid one more time.
Up next, Andrew Luck: worst contract in NFL history. I get he was due to be one of the highest paid QB’s but how do the Colts just forget about a 48 QBR and 55% completion percentage?
Judging by the NBA FA, I might be the next highest paid player
As a Vikings fan, a Teddy Bridgewater Death Star Elite Money would be awesome, hilarious and horrifying. Also, being a turnover machine does not preclude being an elite QB. Look at Brett Favre.
As long as he earns it on the field, I don’t care what type of death vehicle he gets.
In the future, we’re going to start seeing billion dollar contracts. All for one football player.
Craziest part of Luck’s contract is the guaranteed number. $84m locked down!
That’s the number that really matters in the end. Everything after the guaranteed money is just an undetermined lump to be restructured later. Big Ben renegotiated, Flacco renegotiated, Brady renegotiated, Peyton renegotiated, quarterbacks with big contracts always renegotiate their deals unless they’re egomaniacs more concerned with their salary than with winning championships(See: Drew Brees). Every quarterback contract is made with the intention of paying the guaranteed money, and restructuring the rest into a new deal once the cap hit gets too big.
This is why Luck getting over $80m guaranteed is so insane. Not only is that over half the deal, but it’s far more than Eli and Rivers got last year at $65m. The number we shouldn’t be watching is the total value approaching $200m, it’s the guaranteed value approaching $100m, because that’s where the real value is.
Agreed. Remember Dalton got over $100 million on his contract, but the guaranteed money was only around $22 million or so. The guaranteed money Luck is getting is absurd.
You listened to me!(or the news) But hey Andrew gets a new comic.
Colts had to pay him, but they have a dearth of talent. They have a lot of holes on that roster.
Happy 4th of July! Please don’t pull a JPP
It’ll be Bortles. The Jags should be owning their division soon, regardless of Luck, and will be looking to make it deeper into the playoffs right about when Bort’s contract is due for negotiation after the 2017 season.