Sam Darnold's Contract Speculations and Market Value

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00:00One guy we figure that might have been in line cap for a big payday was Sam Darnold.

00:04Two underwhelming performances to end the season.

00:06What are we looking at?

00:07Maybe coming back to Minnesota on a discount?

00:09Is he a free agent?

00:10And really, how much money is he going to get?

00:13Yeah, he was a free agent, Donny.

00:14He was a one-year deal with up to $10 million.

00:16I talked to some personal people this week.

00:20They don't want to dig them too hard for the final two games,

00:22which are obviously not very good.

00:24It's the totality of the season.

00:25And in a year, Donny, which could be historically bad for free agency,

00:30Darnold is clearly the top guy.

00:31Other than that, they're a bunch of journeyman quarterbacks.

00:34We've got the Kirk Cousins situation, who's under contract with Atlanta,

00:37who has some value in a trade.

00:38But that's entirely different because he's not a free agent,

00:42but he would be available, obviously, because he got benched.

00:45But getting back to Sam Darnold, this guy, and I just voted for him as

00:48most-approved player for Pro Football Writers Association,

00:52most-approved offensive player.

00:53Like, this guy came out of nowhere like Geno Smith did

00:55a couple years ago with the Seahawks.

00:57So the kind of deal that if the Vikings don't bring him back

01:02and they just go with JG McCarthy, it's going to be more of a bridge deal.

01:07I don't see him getting $45, $50 million,

01:09which I know some people are speculating it's not going to happen.

01:13The deal to take a look at, there are a couple of deals.

01:15The first one, we'll talk more about this in future weeks

01:17when we get closer to free agency.

01:19But the deal to take a look at is Baker Mayfield,

01:21somewhere in around $32, $33 million a year.

01:25But we call this escape hatch.

01:26You've got to be able to get out of the contract.

01:28If the guy doesn't play well after two years,

01:30you've got to be able to trade him or cut him, and it doesn't hurt your cap.

01:33And the structure on Mayfield's deal, which I looked at about a week ago,

01:36and I have detailed notes on it,

01:38the Bucs could easily get out of it after two years.

01:40Not that they're going to want to.

01:41He was incredible this season.

01:43One of the most-approved players in the National Football League, as is Darnold.

01:46But you have to be careful for the commitment, Donny,

01:48because when guys come out of nowhere at quarterback,

01:51you have to scratch your head.

01:52Like, why is this happening?

01:53Obviously, great coaching from Liam Cohen.

01:56There's no doubt about it.

01:57Excuse me, by Kevin O'Connell, Liam Cohen coached Baker Mayfield.

02:00But Kevin O'Connell did a great job, the quarterback whisperer.

02:03But you don't want to just pay a guy off of one season.

02:06That's why he's not getting $50 million or more.

02:08That's not going to happen.

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