11 hours ago
(11 hours ago)Clark W Griswold Wrote: Forget a cliff, Trey would have to fall into the Grand Canyon this year to make me not want him out there. They might have to pay for some lesser years but aren’t they all in? They paid big $ to the offensive stars so pay Trey. He may suck in 3 years but oh well. Try something new and go for it while you have studs at the key positions.
I also have no proof of this but I think he may age a little better than others because he’s not an athletic freak. He probably uses more effort/technique than the other guys because he’s not as physically gifted. I think this may benefit him as he ages because he’s doesn’t rely on the athleticism as much.
JJ Watt went from 16 sacks to 4 the following year in an injury shortened season, which isn't uncommon for guys over 30. The following year though when he played all 16 games he only recorded 5 sacks. Von Miller went from 14.5 to 8 the following year and has never hit 10 sacks again. Let me use an all time great like Demarcus Ware, he went from 19.5 sacks at 29 to 11.5 at 30 then only broke 7.5 sacks (10) one other time the last 4 years of his career.
The question is if we look back in 3 years and we got let's say 24 sacks out of him on this contract for around 96 million are we going to be happy about that? Especially if say 10-12 came in year 1?
We should have taken the 2nd round pick for him and cap space. Grabbed another vet and doubled up on pass rusher with Shemar (I guess) and one of the other 6 pass rushers taken in round 2. We could have replaced him through volume of rushers as the Eagles do.
