“OK, in 12 years in the league, he has one ring. And he wants to be the highest-paid quarterback?”
Shannon Sharpe: “He deserves it!”
Skip Bayless: “Why wouldn’t he just go to Mike McCarthy privately, or Ted Thompson privately and just say, ‘Hey, I think it’s time that you take care of me.’ Why would you make a stink publicly about it?”
Shannon Sharpe: “He’s saying, ‘You know why I did this? Because Mike McCarthy and Ted Thompson, you didn’t come to me. You know I’m due this money. Like Rihanna say, ‘Pay me what you owe me.’
“Pay the man his money, Skip. You know he’s worth $26 million, with about $80 guaranteed.”