NFL or MLB-Kyler Murray Scenerio

[PartTimeGenius]

Which do YOU choose and why? 1st round to MLB or 1st round to NFL.

I'd go MLB, no doubt. Longevity sake.

 

[anon1787432961]

I think he's saying he's committed to football to get more signing bonus from MLB.

 

[PartTimeGenius]

In today's record setting contract world, you're probably right.

 

[11thEagleFan]

If he’s a 1st round draft pick in the NFL, I think that’s a no-brainer. Signing bonus would be much more lucrative than MLB, where it’s never guaranteed he’d get out of the minors.

 

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

Plus I read somewhere that he would have to be a perennial MLB all star to command the same salary as an average NFL starting QB.

 

[PartTimeGenius]

So would you see him ultimately being that NFL starting QB?

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

Higher $ potential as an NFL QB. The odds of getting out of the minor leagues are low. If he goes off the board in round 1 in the middle as expected he will get a guaranteed $15-18 million and if he's turns out to suck, baseball will be there in 3 years.. Hell look at Tebow..

If Murray is pretty good at QB he will sign a $100+ million contract in 4 years. In baseball he will be 6-8 years out from a second contract and the odds he ever sticks in the majors are not that high... Only 46.8% of MLB 1st Rd draft picks from 1996-2011 played 3+ seasons in MLB. He has 2 seasons of baseball since 2014 and batted .122 in one of those. His "big season" in baseball last year wasn't enough to make 1st or 2nd team all big 12, just honorable mention. The A's drafted him strictly onbavhigh ceiling, but the floor is really low in baseball.

He just won the Heisman, moves like Vick, and throws like Mahomes. Yeah he's short, but so are Brees and Wilson. They can't see over the line at 5-10 or 5-11 any better than Murray can at 5-8 or 5-9.

I think it's a no brainier. If it doesn't work out, go jump on the bus between Barstow and Redding and catch the clap from the mailbox clear chasers.

ETA. Auto correct got me. I am not certain what a mailbox clear chaser does, but a minor league cleat chaser will give you a few STD's.

 

[WutheringDawg]

Yeah if you look at lifelong buds Clayton Kershaw and Matt Stafford you can see the potential at QB in the NFL. One is the best pitcher of the last decade and the other is a guy who will never be more than mediocre. Both are 30 years old. Clayton's career earnings are 174 million and Matt's are 178 million.

There are certainly some stupid big contracts in baseball, but front offices are beginning to realize that these mega-deals are bad for business (who'd a thunk). You can see it in the current offseason with two generational talents not getting the offers that they were expecting. Meanwhile half of the starting quarterbacks in the NFL are making at least 20M/year. Add in the fact that his path to starting in the NFL is about 1000 times easier than breaking into the bigs then it becomes an easier decision to make. Assuming he doesn't have some Theisman style injury then he can always go back to baseball if the NFL doesn't work out.