[smithandrew051]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Structure would mean a TON.

I mean if you get Moore on a deal that essentially pays him, say, $20 million over the first 2 seasons and then $40 million over the following 2 seasons, you're essentially signing him for a 2 year deal with team options if he proves to be a credible LT.

You take a little bit of risk in those first 2 seasons at $10 million/season, but it's not horrifying.

And in the end, the numbers settle out as "mid-teens" over the 4 years. But if he plays out those 4 years, that mid-teen figure will be a steal.

You're risking a bit in the first couple seasons for a lot of value baked into the deal in the last 2.

Now maybe he does much much better than that. But that's a way that sort of contract could be structured to hit figures that are insane on their face but not too bad when you drill them down.

Jaylon Moore seems like the only guy available who has any chance of outplaying his contract. Almost every other option has a ceiling of “expensive but good enough to get by”.