Mike Glennon: Latest News, Rumors, Speculation on Buccaneers QB's Future

Mike Glennon has thrown 11 passes over the last two NFL seasons. That apparently isn't stopping his buzz as one of the league's hottest free agents-to-be. 

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Glennon to Command $13-15 Million Per Season?

Friday, Dec. 23

Chris Mortensen and Adam Schefter of ESPN.com reported Friday that Glennon could command an annual salary of $13 million to $15 million when he hits the open market. 

The 27-year-old is in the final year of his rookie contract and will be an unrestricted free agent after the season. A 2013 third-round pick, Glennon started 18 games his first two seasons before being supplanted by Jameis Winston.

The Buccaneers were open to trading Glennon around the 2016 NFL draft but did not pull the trigger on a deal.

"And as I’ve said multiple times, I believe Mike Glennon is an NFL starting quarterback," Buccaneers coach Dirk Koetter said in April, per Andrew Astleford of ESPN.com. "And unfortunately for him, he’s going to have to wait. But fortunately for us, we’re going to have him as our No. 2. It’s a great position for us to be in."

When he was playing, Glennon was a mostly serviceable but unspectacular quarterback. He has a career passer rating of 84.6, which would rank 26th among qualifying quarterbacks this season. His career 59.4 completion percentage would be fifth-worst among starters—behind the likes of Brock Osweiler and Case Keenum, who have both been benched by their respective teams.

Glennon was playing on bad Tampa Bay teams at the time, and it's likely he has progressed while working behind the scenes. 

Still, the numbers seem eye-popping at first glance. Glennon did not play like a $15 million quarterback when he was on the field; two years of sitting and not playing football did not exactly give teams any indication he's a better player.

But this is the NFL, and money is never what it seems. If Glennon even sniffs the $15 million number, he'll likely do it with guarantees only in the first (and possibly second) year of the deal. Unless some team comes with an eye-popping Osweiler-type deal—which the Houston Texans would gladly back out of now if given the chance—the numbers on Glennon's next contract will likely look better on paper than they are in real life.

Tyrod Taylor's $90 million contract with the Buffalo Bills is a likely comparative, which is essentially structured as a year-to-year deal with high base salaries.

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