Perhaps the thing that has many people upset and bewildered about the Glennon signing is the potential numbers in play. According to Ian Rapoport, expectations are it will be a three-year deal at $15 million dollars per seasons. Guarantees and bonuses are unknown but the number is pretty striking. A $45 million deal for a guy who hasn’t played a significant snap of football since 2014? That just doesn’t compute.
Not even when cap experts explain that such a deal would still fall outside the top 20 of the highest paid quarterbacks in the NFL. This man can’t possibly warrant that amount of money. Forget basic economics. It seems Green Bay Packers star Aaron Rodgers agrees. His reaction when word began to break about Glennon’s potential deal was eye-opening.
Aaron Rodgers on if Mike Glennon possibly getting $15M/year in free agency should lead to talks about his own contract: "I think it has to."
— Jason Wilde (@jasonjwilde) March 8, 2017
This is undoubtedly a situation the Packers were hoping to avoid. They’ve done a good job to this point glossing over the fact that Rodgers is only the fifth-highest paid QB in the league. Despite clear evidence he’s better than Joe Flacco, Kirk Cousins, Andrew Luck and is probably a smidgen ahead of Drew Brees. He’s the best quarterback in the land, with respect to Tom Brady, and is finally starting to feel like he should be paid that way.
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This wouldn’t have a beneficial impact to the Packers salary cap, forcing them to devote more room in order to keep their quarterback happy. At the same time making it more difficult to keep their own players or sign free agents.
