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Originally Posted by petegz28
Exactly. No way I pay that kind of dough. I wanted Manning too but after it was announced he was going to Denver I think some reality mixed in with a little jealousy set in and in the long run I think we might be better off without him. Do we still sign Winston, Boss, Routt and Hilis if we sign Peyton?
I am not saying we are better off because we have Cassel. I am saying we are better off with Cassel + the others than just Manning. If Cassel were to somehow repeat or at least come close to his 27-7 TD\INT season then I think we are much better off than had we signed Manning.
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The Manning contract is basically a 5 year deal with $50m guaranteed and of that $50m only $18m is guaranteed for the first year. If Manning has any issue with his neck then he only gets $18m and the rest of the contract is essentially protected against another re-injury of his neck.
You can justify Cassel all you want and say that Manning was too expensive, but the reality is you're wrong and the fan of a team that is paying Cassel $60m and kc has forked out the lion share of this money already, with $16m coming the first year.
