Yesterday, 05:42 PM
(Yesterday, 04:32 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: Yet when the FO signs a team friendly deal like Trey, you chastise them. I say door swings both ways, yes they make mistakes by not signing guys early like Chase, but in 2 years he is not happy if we got him on a deal, then you will inisist we pay him.
Trey was great contract and so was Tee once you analyze it is incentive laced. I have agreed I would like us to manipuate the cap when needed, I would argue to 2025 is not that year, we have tons of cap space. More so than anytime at this time maybe in 5 or 6 years, maybe longer. So why push cap dollars to 2026 and 2027 and then have cap issues then if we don't need it. Also, we could do something with Burrow today and free up 20 to 25 million in 2025. But because we can in 2025 does not mean it is smart unless we have some stud that becomes available for trade, we are done with FA otherwise as far as high priced players in 2025.
Actually, i chastise them for not being fair when they could be.
I have nothing against a team friendly deal and they can work to both sides benefit. Trey's original FA contract was fair for what he had done to that point. He was dumb to come to them after year two looking for a reno and they were dumb to only add one year to his deal. And even dumber if they actually told him 'go out and ball and we'll take care of you'.
They should have stood firm and said, lets see what happens in '23 and we'll come back to the table. After that, he would have had 13.5, 8 and 17.5 sack seasons and they could have given him 3 to 4 years at that point with a nice raise that put him in the top 5 of EDs. They could have structured the contract to give Trey a chunk of money up front and allowed them some relief or even an out in the last year of it. But that's just too much to ask of this front office.
As far as Tee and Ja'marr, if they want to eat more of those contracts early and it gives them relief later, great. I hope they're able to structure future contracts wisely though. We'll see...
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