10-25-2020, 10:47 PM
(10-25-2020, 10:27 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Unless a "team friendly deal" is sub 5 mil per, then no freaking way.
You've got two building blocks in Boyd and Higgins, and you can get value elsewhere. You can also get younger.
This team needs to learn from their mistakes. Quit hanging on to declining veterans because of familiarity. We need to move on.
Lastly, tell me why AJ would take less money to stay here? He's only got a few years left, why not go somewhere he can win? What keeps him? The lovely Ohio weather and practicing out in the cold and rain like a high shcool kid?
If we were to keep AJ, it most likely means paying him more than most. That's not a deal.
I agree, it needs to be on the cheap more in the 6-8 range I think is doable.
Why would he stay?
1. Loyalty to a fault like his idols Larry and Calvin
2. Quiet career, AJ doesn’t like the media
3. Gets to play with Burrow
4. Finally get a playoff win in Cinci, career closure/accomplishment
