8 hours ago
(9 hours ago)Luvnit2 Wrote: I get confused, one post by fans says we should have screwed Chase and Tee into giving them less money, then I see FO being berated for the Trey contract.
Can't have it both ways. Chase could have been back this year holding out if we saved those 10's of millions in 2024, he would already be underpaid right.
It has nothing to do with having it both ways.
If you pay Ja'Marr what his market value was (<----note the words "market value"), last year, you save yourself millions of dollars because his market value is going to go up every year.
If the front office was smart and not so frugal, they could have paid him more than Jefferson, last year, knowing the salary cap is going up and before he blew up and won the triple crown and they would have saved themselves millions and millions of dollars, allowing them to have more money for the cap this year.
How it pertains to Trey is, if they would have paid him market value last year...or whenever it was they extended him...he'd be under contract for multiple years, at a higher rate that is commensurate with his production and they wouldn't be looking at paying him more money right now.
If they had done these contracts when they could have, they'd be sitting pretty and looking like a super smart organization that gets their guys under contract in a comfortable cap.
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