Dez is under contract for 2017, 2018, and 2019..................then he becomes an UFA
Wrs in their 30s rarely get paid mega dollars, so the odds of us franchising him are slim and none. He is going to play out his contract and the team will then evaluate his value. Just like with Demarco, Mo, Carr, Wilcox, Church, and some others, there will be a limit to how much we are going to pay in free agency and if another team offers more than that limit, we will let Dez walk.
That is the Stephen Jones way of handling free agents.............that is very different from how his father did it, if its a better or worse way to run a franchise is open to interpretation. But the bottom line is that Stephen pays for performance and if you get offered more money than he thinks you are worth, then he lets you walk in free agency. Dez will be no different.