Give me your best Terry Contract (update: deal is done 3 yrs $96M)

Let him play out his contract this year and franchise him next year. He would be dumb to turn down a competitive offer if it’s around the $30m/year range.

Agree, this is the main reason Terry has limited leverage. Peters would naturally be looking at this as the ceiling:

This Year, 2025: $19.9M, per existing contract
Next Year, 2026: franchise tag, $28M per OverTheCap
Year After, 2027: franchise tag again, must be no less than 20% increase, $33.7M

Total of $81.6M over three years. After that, Terry will be 32 and his chances at a big payday are over.

Keep in mind, his cap number this year is $25.5M but he's due $19.9M this year, the other $5.6M was prorated signing bonus he received three years ago when he signed.

So with that as the context I have a hard time seeing why Peters would be compelled to go over $30M per season. His break glass in case of emergency plan would be $27M over three years.

If Terry's agent can't read that at the poker table then Terry needs a new agent. Give him the $28M or $29M per year with lion's share guaranteed, worth the $1 or $2M extra to sing kumbaya during Jayden's rookie deal. Otherwise, do your job as the executive and protect the team's financial picture, and force Terry to play on two consecutive tags.

Let him play out his contract this year and franchise him next year. He would be dumb to turn down a competitive offer if it’s around the $30m/year range.

Does team even think he’s worth the franchise value?

Does team even think he’s worth the franchise value?

I'd be shocked if they didn't, Peters was in SF when they gave Aiyuk a Brinks truck. They know they don't have to go higher than franchise tag numbers.

Folks need to chill, big time. If the player isn't frustrated by talks are you even doing your job as the executive?

Dan Snyder used to have the reputation in the 2000s as the guy you could go to if you wanted to get paid in free agency. Didn't work out so well. Peters should be forcing negotiations to be challenging, otherwise he's too soft.

Folks need to chill, big time. If the player isn't frustrated by talks are you even doing your job as the executive?

Dan Snyder used to have the reputation in the 2000s as the guy you could go to if you wanted to get paid in free agency. Didn't work out so well. Peters should be forcing negotiations to be challenging, otherwise he's too soft.


I concur with this. Terry has been paid well but this is a business. You pay based on what you expect going forward, not for what they've done in the past.

Peters was in SF when they gave Aiyuk a Brinks truck.

He left long before Aiyuk got paid.

Folks need to chill, big time. If the player isn't frustrated by talks are you even doing your job as the executive?

Dan Snyder used to have the reputation in the 2000s as the guy you could go to if you wanted to get paid in free agency. Didn't work out so well. Peters should be forcing negotiations to be challenging, otherwise he's too soft.

On a scale of 1-5 fucks given I’m at a 1 with this situation.

He’s not going to sit out games, he needs to have another big season if he wants another big payday. I could see the team not budging until maybe mid season.

He left long before Aiyuk got paid.

Ah you're right. Ok well go back further, Trent, Bosa, these guys hold out or hold in for a while but they ended up signing. Hard to tell how much of that was Peters vs Lynch, but we know that Peters is known for being a tough negotiator here in Washington, Fowler has said that much. That's his job.

On a scale of 1-5 fucks given I’m at a 1 with this situation.

He’s not going to sit out games, he needs to have another big season if he wants another big payday. I could see the team not budging until maybe mid season.

Very plausible. Their leverage comes from knowing Terry has to risk injury by playing this year to reach the open market, at which point they could always tag him anyway. There's no reason for them to come off their position.

Terry being a good guy and a fan favorite does not make it a good business decision to pay him like DK Metcalf.

Our WR room without Terry is buttcheeks. It will definitely effect the team if he actually sits out games.