As the Packers and quarterback Aaron Rodgers continue to not make any obvious progress toward fixing a contract that desperately needs to be adjusted to
reflect his status as the best quarterback in football (or
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terms have been bandied about in order to protect him from further changes in
the market.
Here’s the latest possible tweak to the deal, and arguably the least likely to ever happen: Mike Garafolo of NFL Media recently reported that Rodgers wants
“some sort of out clause” that would allow him to renegotiate the deal if/when
(when) it’s leapfrogged by other quarterbacks.
Under his current deal, which had a new-money average of $22 million per year when signed in 2013, Rodgers has seen in less than two years a parade of lesser
quarterbacks leave him in the dust
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to Kirk Cousins to Matt Ryan, who has a new-money average of $30 million per
year.
Whatever Rodgers gets on his next deal, someone eventually will pass him by. Surely, the Packers won’t agree to let Rodgers’ contract expire on the spot,
forcing them to pay him more or to risk losing him.
It could be that Rodgers has decided to ask for something that aggressive in order to get the Packers to offer a term that would be more realistic. Multiple
players have tried in recent years to tie their compensation to a percentage of
the salary cap, with any future increases in the total available dollars
reflected by commensurate increases in the dollars paid to the player. Rodgers
also could ask for a provision that ensures he’ll always be the highest-paid
quarterback by requiring his contract to immediately match the annual average of
the contract given to anyone who achieves a new high-water mark.
However it plays out
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insists on that, the Packers need to simply say to him, “You’re under contract
for two more years, and we will tag you for the next two years after that.”
And that’s really the lesson for all quarterbacks to learn, as a result of the Rodgers deal from 2013. When committing for seven years, the market will at
some point pass you by. So
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Guy Boucher will be back behind the Ottawa Senators bench next season, and so will
his entire staff.
Speaking on an Ottawa sports radio station, Senators general manager Pierre Dorion confirmed that Boucher and his assistants will return despite the club’s
second-to-last place finish in 2017-18.
Dorion said Boucher would run the power play, while assistants Rob Cookson and Marc Crawford will join Boucher behind the bench.
Boucher’s future was in doubt after the Senators struggled to a 28-43-11 record last season, one year removed from making the Eastern Conference
final.
Special teams were a particular concern for the Senators. Ottawa finished 27th in the 31-team league with a power play that converted on just 16.6 percent
of chances
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With the coaching situation stabilized, the Senators can turn their attention toward trying to sign captain Erik Karlsson to an extension.
The superstar defenseman becomes an unrestricted free agent after next season.
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