Okay, so, I was looking into this whole NFL thing, and the name A.Q. Shipley kept popping up. I’m not a huge football guy, but I was curious about how much these guys make, especially since Shipley seemed to be a pretty solid player. Turns out, figuring out his contract details wasn’t as straightforward as I thought it would be.
First, I started by just googling “A.Q. Shipley contract.” That gave me a bunch of articles, but they were all pretty vague. They’d say things like “He signed a one-year deal with the Buccaneers” but wouldn’t give me the actual dollar amount. It was super frustrating. This step took me quite a few days, I even stayed up until 3 a.m.
Digging Deeper
So, I started digging deeper. I went on some sports news sites, and they had some more details but it was still confusing.
- One site said he signed a one-year deal in 2020, then I found out that he got hurt, that was a bummer.
- Another site talked about his previous contracts, like how he was with the Cardinals before and the Colts before that. It mentioned he signed a deal with the Cardinals back in 2017 and it was a two-year deal.
- Then I learned that he was drafted way back in 2009 by the Steelers, so this guy’s been around the block.
Finally found it
Finally, I found this one site that seemed to have the actual numbers. It laid out all his contracts year by year. Turns out, that two-year deal with the Cardinals in 2017 was worth around $3 million, with some bonus money and guarantees. That seemed like a pretty good chunk of change.
I spent a good few days trying to piece all this information together. It was like a puzzle, but I finally got a decent picture of A.Q. Shipley’s contract history. It’s crazy how much these guys can make, and how complicated it all is!
The whole process was way more involved than I expected. I was thinking about maybe making a spreadsheet to keep track of all this stuff, but that might be overkill. Anyway, I thought it was a pretty interesting deep dive, even if I’m not the biggest football fan. It definitely made me appreciate how much work goes into tracking this kind of information.