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detroit1811
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In you scenario, KG has a "guarantee" of $48M while Cooper's is $60M. Pretty big gap. Cooper set the standard. I doubt KG signs for anything less than $60M guaranteed
In a year where the cap drops there won't be many if any tone setting contracts signed. Golladay is coming off injury and doesn't have the resume Cooper has so I doubt he gets as much as he does.
He would be getting 10mil the day the contract is signed and being guaranteed another 20mil regardless what happens. Plus another 18mil in 2023 for injury only. Cooper only got an extra 10mil guaranteed upfront and 12mil overall. I could be off, but I would think it would be a reasonable deal for both sides.
As far as Golladay not wanting to be here, He made comments that he was excited to play for Dan Campbell and really loved the energy he brings. The way he spoke was not of a player who was looking ahead to free agency, but of someone who was looking towards the future with the Lions. Maybe he was already resigned to the fact he was going to get tagged so he was towing the company line, but it didn't seem that way watching it.