02-24-2022, 10:32 AM
(02-24-2022, 10:26 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Or alternatively what the impact in the locker room/future negotiations is for "It's okay to let your contract thoughts make you play awful most of the regular season, you'll be rewarded with a big fat contract anyway."
I mean that's up to the coaches to decide if he was "awful" or not. Based on some of the deep dive on the 22 late in the year, I kind of want to go back and re watch some of the earlier games. The tackling issues weren't great but I wonder if coverage lapses were them in the early stages of installing what they were doing later in the year. They added a lot of interesting checks late that I don't remember seeing early, but I wasn't looking for them earlier either.
Either way, he would be the top safety on the market and would be highly coveted so thinking you are "sticking it" to him by not paying him doesn't really work. All not paying him does is hurt the team as there is no replacement on the roster and the draft may yield someone who eventually is capable but the near term impact will be heavy on the quality of play as a whole.
