It’s time we moved from Gio.

[Wes Mantooth]

(12-25-2020, 09:15 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: My point is Gio numbers and Austin's number are very comparable after first 3 yrs so if you believe Gio is way overpaid on 2nd  contact how is Austin not?  And this has been disappointing season since Austin has been hurt so he gets big contract and misses 6 games this year.

Gio is on his 3rd contract.  He got an extension after year 3, and then another one after year 6.

If Gio's numbers were the same as his first 3 years when he signed the year 6 extension then I wouldn't have a problem with it.  But they're nowhere even close.

You don't pay a guy 5 mil a year who's coming off a 458 yard, 2 TD season, followed by a 211 yard 0 TD season. (Only averaged 220 yards receiving over these 2 years as well)

My point is that Gio's is overpaid on his 3rd contract.  You can't base his value moving forward on what happened 5 years ago.  That's not how this league or negotiations works.  Just because Gio was better in years 1 through 3 doesn't mean you ignore years 4 through 8.  That's insane.