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Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19
I see now that you’re Damien Williams price is lower than the Chiefs actual payment, but to be honest I always thought that this projection was a little cheap for him.
I think on the open market he may have gotten $5M per year (Dion Lewis last yr), or at least a guaranteed $4M per. Jerrick McKinnon even got $7.5M per year last free agency. So I actually thought the Chiefs got a good deal.
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We have no idea yet if my price is actually lower or not. The deal was stated as 2 years max value of 8.1 million. That term "max" tells me the deal is laden with performance incentives. I'm fine with that.
Where I disagree with you is on his market value. He had zero market value when he came here because he had 4 years in the league averaging 3.6 yards per carry. He was lucky the Chiefs gave him a shot as a 3rd down receiving back. The fact that he has an entire 2 games of good production here doesn't mean the league was going to offer him 5 per year. Now, he could produce at that level going forward and I think the Chiefs, given this contract, expect that he has that ability.
I'm guessing the base deal is about 1 million per above my projection. We'll see where it ends up. I'm not elated by the contract and think it's significant risk by the Chiefs IF it's not about 50% performance incentives