Bucs about to make Glennon the top paid back up QB

[Mr. Miagi]

12mil a year. That's what I heard from the reports from ESPN. That's if he take it. 

LMFAO

[Snake]

Gotta waste that money somewhere.

[Jase]

Bucs gonna buc

[Doc Holiday]

On Fox sports radio they were talking about this last night(I was driving). He hasn't signed with a agent yet, and teams can't talk to him till he does.  Kinda odd that contract news is even coming out right now.

[Smithers]

They will sign him, then trade him.  He won't be the top paid backup for long in a QB needy market.  

[Nails]

Wow.  Would keep the Bears and Jets QB needy to boot.

[Saca312]

Fake news. Heard it was 16 million.

[Cyberjag]

He has absolutely no reason to sign anytime soon.  Let them float $12 million, if he can get that from another team why would he sign with Tampa to be traded?  It's not like he would want his new team to forfeit picks when they could have gotten him as a free agent.

I would be pretty surprised to see TB successfully sign him.  They should have traded him last year.

[Carolina Cajun]

[brandon_87]

My best guess is sign then trade, trade is better when player has a contract

[Khyber53]

It's actually a smart move for both Glennon and the Bucs. If he goes the FA market, they get maybe a compensatory pick next year (I believe). Here, though, if they sign him for $12 million and then trade him to one of the QB hungry but draft pick leary teams out there, he creates immediate value for the Bucs at no real cost.

What does Glennon get out of it? Well, the galloping giraffe did fair to good in action under a bad coach before, but he's been locked onto the bench since. That's a big if in the market, especially after some miscues like Osweiller and others in similar situations pretty much crapped the bed when they got tabbed as starting or franchise QBs. This gives him a market value to go with his body of work, and $12 million a year looks like the Bucs would pay him close to starting money, so he must be starting talent. (Whether or not he is, still has to be seen.)

Glennon's a good kid and has talent and experience. I'd rather see him in Chicago and taking the reigns from Cutler than sitting on the bench behind a solid #1 QB. He's the kind of guy that Fox could use. And $12 million would be cheap compared to what they've thrown away on Cutler over the years.