Sounds like a good solution. Neither side is entirely happy, but both sides can walk away from the table with something.
Did Lance accept the offset? Only thing I could find was some oddly worded article that said he declined the offset. I guess that could mean he declined to fight it?
I’m happy it’s done, but I think it’s shitty on the jets part to hold money hostage to negotiate something that other teams have given to their qb’s this year.
But there's only 1 team that gave their rookie QB zero offset language in their deal, the Jags and Lawrence, and that's only because that's the Jags standard operating procedure. It sounds like Fields has "partial offset language" in his deal, whatever that means.
This is EXCACTLY what I was saying when you provided the correct article. Signing bonus right away with offset language. It should be same exact deal as Lance since it is a perfect analogy that set the market for Zach, and Zach's agent is an asshole for delaying. Logical thing I have been preaching based on the very article you provided happened.