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10. Yeah, about the average salary. He wasn't asking to be the highest paid...

Reply to Angleae (Reply #9)

Wed Sep 27, 2023, 09:40 PM

Sep 2023

like you made it sound like in your previous post. You wrote:

"...but he still demanded $20 million/year."

So he didn't get greedy, or undersell himself, just asked for basically a-middle-of-the-pack pay rate.

But let's get back to the issue at hand. The Jets need help. QBs are not faling out of trees. They should give Kap a look to see what he's still got.

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Hope he gets at least a tryout with an NFL team soon... brush Sep 2023 #1

He had lots of oppotunity back then. He was just demanding way too much money. Angleae Sep 2023 #5

Back when? Once he began kneeling during the anthem to... brush Sep 2023 #6

As early as 2016. Angleae Sep 2023 #7

Sounds like the average salary for starting QB then. brush Sep 2023 #8

Back then it would have been the 8th highest paid QB in 2017. Angleae Sep 2023 #9

Yeah, about the average salary. He wasn't asking to be the highest paid... brush Sep 2023 #10

He's 36 years old and hasn't played for 6 years, how much help could he be? Angleae Sep 2023 #11

He was good enough to get his team to the Super Bowl... brush Sep 2023 #12

He rode on coattails to get to the super bowl. Angleae Sep 2023 #15

See post 16. brush Sep 2023 #17

What's hard to understand for God's sake? It won't cost the Jets a cent. brush Sep 2023 #13

Who do they cut to make space? Angleae Sep 2023 #14

Are you obtuse or something? I said if it doesn't pan out, so be it. Not hard to understand. brush Sep 2023 #16

well, that's just pretty sad .. stopdiggin Sep 2023 #2

Wonder how Rebl2 Sep 2023 #3

A month short of 36 rurallib Sep 2023 #4