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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
That type of deal would make sense. I have reservations about their ability to get him done at that amount. The Vikings ARE projected to have almost $80M in cap space, so I guess they have a lot of wiggle room AND can afford to put a big part of the guarantee in Year 1, if they want. That would make the deal a lot more manageable.
I just think Darnold's ask is going to be higher.
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Might be.
Like I said in my first post in the thread - depends on what they can get Darnold to say yes to.
Because if he's going to insist on the Prescott kind of deal, I think you do the tag/trade and bank on O'Connell as a guy who can develop QBs. At that point you're not pricing in any risk so you might as well just hold the line.
But if you offer him a deal for $200 million with a $100 million signing bonus, that's a tough thing to say no to for a guy who was on his way out of the league.
I think we all underestimate how hard it is for these guys to just say 'nah' when someone says "Hey if you sign this piece of paper, we'll put tens of millions of dollars in your bank account
tomorrow..."