Did You Know... (AJ Green)

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(06-03-2020, 09:47 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: It is not smart to act like you are worth what you were in your prime after not playing in 24 straight games.

Nobody knows how healthy AJ is or if he will ever play a down again. AJ should take an extension that has incentives in which if 
he plays he gets paid top dollar and if he doesn't play doesn't hurt the team. This is the smart way to go about it. The Bob Sanders
deal is exactly what I mean, don't do that type of deal for a player that cannot stay healthy.

Do not know how you do not understand this.

I'm not following at all.  It's not "smart" for AJ Green to secure the 2nd highest salary in the league at his position? 

Had Bob Sanders taken the type of deal you're proposing AJ should take he would have made a fraction of what he did.  Bob Sanders contract is actually an argument for why a player should secure as much guaranteed dollars as they can.

You seem to be confusing what is smart for the team (less guarantees and more incentives) with what is smart for AJ (as much guaranteed money as possible).

I understand what you want to happen, and why this would be smart for the Bengals.  But I don't understand how you can say AJ is not being smart, by not signing a lesser deal.  Again, he's making more than every other receiver other than Julio Jones.  He's positioning himself to make more guarantees in the future.  This is the smart play from a player's perspective.