Terry Bradshaw goes off on NFL quarterbacks being overpaid: ‘I don’t care about economics’
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Terry Bradshaw might think he’s undervalued as a quarterback, but he appears to think today’s NFL quarterbacks are overvalued.
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Fox NFL Sunday host Curt Menefee opened Sunday’s show by noting that starting quarterbacks are making more than $55 million per year, yet backups were 6-0 in Weeks 2 and 3 of the NFL season. The 6-0 record begged the question of whether too much monetary value is being placed on starting quarterbacks right now, which Bradshaw seemed to think there is.
“There are 32 teams, you cannot tell me there are 32 starting quarterbacks, backup or not, that are worth $50 million a year.” – Terry Bradshaw https://t.co/ZOHPI2Ccxa
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“There are 32 teams. You cannot tell me there are 32 starting quarterbacks, backup or not, that are worth $50 million a year,” Bradshaw insisted. “I totally disagree.”
His co-hosts were less inclined to be taking money out of any current players’ pockets, with Michael Strahan weighing in to note, “When it comes to money, it’s just the economics of the game right now.” Strahan added that he’s not going to complain about today’s players making more money than he did during his Hall of Fame career.
“I don’t care about the economics,” Bradshaw fired back before Menefee quickly changed the topic.
This seemed less about Bradshaw being grumpy over missing out on the money current quarterbacks are making and more about the 78-year-old former quarterback believing teams would benefit from a more balanced roster construction.
The NFL does have an imbalance problem where teams can get hamstrung by paying a starting quarterback too much. Baker Mayfield, for example, probably isn’t worth $55 million. And the Tampa Bay Buccaneers aren’t good enough to be paying a solid quarterback $55 million. But teams like Tampa can get stuck without a better option if they don’t overpay for their quarterback.
It’s easy to say teams should distribute money better within the salary cap. And it’s easy to say teams should value the backup quarterback more than they do. The problem, however, is there isn’t a wealth of quarterbacks. If teams can’t find a starting quarterback to win with, what makes someone think there are backup quarterbacks to be had?
Sure, it was a fun stat that backup quarterbacks went 6-0 in Weeks 2 and 3 of the NFL season. But for the most part, if a team gets stuck playing their backup quarterback for the bulk of the season, their season is over. In a perfect world, NFL teams could pay two quarterbacks. But an over-reliance on quarterback play is probably where the NFL is least perfect. As much as the NFL is the most powerful entertainment entity in the United States with no apparent cap on its growth potential, the one thing that can turn fans off is bad play from backup quarterbacks.
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