USA Today/Saints Wire: Sean Payton suggests Saints could sign Taysom Hill to a long-term extension

hitta · 03-09-2020, 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

Taysom Hill was tied for 33rd in the league in TD's scored. That makes him well worth a measly $4.6M in today's money.

Yes, but the way we use him, I doubt any other team can replicate. I do think a team would be wiling to shell out 4.6M for him, but the team that would do so would at least think of him as a potential QB along with the other things he does.

My point is that there is no way that Taysom Hill does not get a long term deal. Why wait on it though? The reason is if he becomes our QB he will certainly want a bigger contract than 4.6M. That is why the front office is walking the fine line though. We certainly don't want to lose him, but we also don't want to lock him in at a price yet until we've seen him behind center more. He's probably even hesitant to take a long term deal at anything around 4.6M/year cause he believes he can be a starting QB. 4.6M still not worth it for any other team that just views him as WR3 or TE2 though. It is a weird situation and I think we are playing it correctly.

03-09-2020, 10:32 PM	#13
hitta 1000 Posts + Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,331	Re: USA Today/Saints Wire: Sean Payton suggests Saints could sign Taysom Hill to a long-term extension Originally Posted by AsylumGuido Taysom Hill was tied for 33rd in the league in TD's scored. That makes him well worth a measly $4.6M in today's money. Yes, but the way we use him, I doubt any other team can replicate. I do think a team would be wiling to shell out 4.6M for him, but the team that would do so would at least think of him as a potential QB along with the other things he does. My point is that there is no way that Taysom Hill does not get a long term deal. Why wait on it though? The reason is if he becomes our QB he will certainly want a bigger contract than 4.6M. That is why the front office is walking the fine line though. We certainly don't want to lose him, but we also don't want to lock him in at a price yet until we've seen him behind center more. He's probably even hesitant to take a long term deal at anything around 4.6M/year cause he believes he can be a starting QB. 4.6M still not worth it for any other team that just views him as WR3 or TE2 though. It is a weird situation and I think we are playing it correctly.
hitta 1000 Posts + Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,331