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SayWhat said:
Okay, so what are the payouts? That is from multiple sources regarding an NFL pension and is peanuts compared to the other major sports.
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from what Ive recently gathered there have been some changes to the pension system from the last cba so my understanding might be out dated .

what I can say from experience, I did some CRE financing for someone that was in the nfl for 11 years. ThIs was about 8 years ago. He was in his mid 40s. His nfl annual pension payout was about $270k and he received separate pension/retirement payments from the teams he played for that totaled about $150k. So he was over $400k.
 
252cane said:
Duke might not want to play. I remember when he was in Cleveland he asked Hugh jackson to move him to wr and Jackson said no. And he said his advice to kids is to play some other than rb and said if he could do it over he would play DB.
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You would think he would've realized this in college. Everyone isn't getting paid like Cook, Elliott... Bell fell off because of that year off.
 
NC_Canes_11 said:
I don’t see Duke as diminished at all, he’s just limited. He was never gonna be a 3 down back. He could easily play another 5 years at a high level in the right offense.
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I think Duke has plenty left too. But he had injuries last year, and his 3.1 ypc was the lowest of his career by far. I think it was just a down year though.

IMO he's got plenty left as a pass catching back, but he'll be 28 and teams are just much faster now to write off older RB's once they start showing wear & tear.
 
CaneFanWNY said:
RB's rookie payscale debatablely should be higher, that position gets ****ed so hard financially, in retrospect to their peer salaries/career longevity.
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Unless you're Frank Gore the shelf life for running backs is short, it is going to be weird with no Gore this season. Duke did get once good contract and should be ok financially and could get picked up during the season
 
CTCANE said:
Unless you're Frank Gore the shelf life for running backs is short, it is going to be weird with no Gore this season. Duke did get once good contract and should be ok financially and could get picked up during the season
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Actually legitimately sad about likely not seeing Gore anymore. Last vestige of the early 2000s if im not mistaken.
 
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Honestly when the players do another CBA, they need to restructure RB rookie contracts. They should raise the cap on them because RB's aren't playing until 44.

...They aren't even playing at 30.
 
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Hate to utter these words but I would take him all day long as Cooks backup on the Vikes. Similar style backs as far as pass catching 3rd down guys. Duke is probably my favorite Cane since I started being a hardcore cane fan. I remember his recruitment. I got into the Canes in 00/01 but didn’t follow recruiting till later. I think the Northwestern class.
 
I thought he landed in a good situation in Buffalo, but then they drafted James Cook and the writing was on the wall.

He showed well in the pre-season but he's in the "needs a RB to get injured to get another opportunity" stage of his career.
 
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