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(12-06-2021, 09:36 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: I think his play has dropped off because the contract has been in his head.

I'm glad that we didn't break the bank on him just in case I'm wrong, but hopefully now he he still gets a decent pay day and comes in next year on fire and head back in the game.

Which makes me wonder if his play will drop off again if he's distracted by a franchise tag, or 2 years down the road when he thinks he's underpaid, or 3 years down the road when the fully guaranteed money in his contract is up, or when he's in his contract year again, etc. Every year can be a minefield of his play dropping off, and this is a guy who was never delivering consistent play in the first place.

I don't mind guys being concerned about getting paid. That's their livelihoods. I do mind if guys let it affect their ability to play quality football because it makes me think this won't be the last time and that makes it hard to trust them. 

Think Revis and how he eventually just had to play a ton of essentially 1 year contracts because of it, but at least Revis was the best CB in the league for a few years before he became that.