03-19-2022, 01:00 PM
(03-19-2022, 12:34 PM)jfkbengals Wrote: Not exactly.I can see how you'd have the 'money chasers opinion of him, but that original rookie contract was only 3 years for $1.6M. I don't know what round that $ equated to back then. To me, him refusing to sign some place if drafted too late was making the best of a bad situation. Wasn't he projected to go top 10? 15? He got royally screwed assuming he knew nothing of his exs murder.
I see him as a bit of a money chaser. It goes back to his draft slide and announcement that he wouldn't report to any team that drafted him in the later rounds. It seems to me as if he is a guy whose only care is the money, and thus might pass on playing for a contender if it means a bigger contract elsewhere.
Who knows. Maybe he signs with us for league minimum since he's already made a ton and can insure Joey B, Tee, Bates, Wilson, and Chase can get theirs when the time comes.
The number I'm looking at is the 3 year $30M he could have been paid if we traded for him. I think it's going to be more than that.
