2007. 2011. 2011 he was arguably top 5. By 2013 he was back down to average.He has never been a top tier starter at any point during his 15 year career. Would be astounding if he magically became one for his age 38-40 seasons.
Just as he did vs the Rams, he won't be interested on helping his teammates.
No.
If the team drops a few of the early games then Jerry will panic as usual and sign him to a new deal. If they are winning, then Zeke will be out untill week 11 when he has to report.
If he doesn't play week 1, the fines likely start and any leverage he had starts to decline with a few wins. Then him and his agent will have definitely screwed themselves. That's best case scenario.
Ask me Sunday morning. If the O looks good Sat night with a good run game, I think Zeke will report next week. If the O looks bad and the run game suffers, then Zeke will continue his hold out. His only leverage he has is if the FO thinks we can't win without him. The better the O plays without him, any leverage he thinks he has goes away.
Wouldn't he have to repay a portion of his signing bonus since he is sitting out his 4th year?He doesn't have to report at all. He could skip this season entirely then get his 4th accrued season at $9 million in 2020 (vs the $3 he's due to make this year).
2007. 2011. 2011 he was arguably top 5. By 2013 he was back down to average.
I'll give you 2007, but you can definitely make the case in 2011. Did you see the Giants' absolutely ridiculous regular season strength of schedule from that year? Sheesh. Especially when you factor in home/aways. Regarded as one of the toughest SoS ever.Huh? You're certainly mistaken unless there is some criteria I'm missing.
2007: 25th in QB rating (73.9), 29th in completion % (56.1%), 11th in TDs (23), led the league in INTS (20). What in the world would make you think he was even average this season let alone top 5?
2011: 7th in QB rating (92.9), 14th in completion % (61.0%), 6th in TDs (29), 8th most INTs (16). Much closer here to arguably top 5, but without a single statistic in the top 5, I'm not sure how you can make the argument.
Yes. As I said before, I think this was as much about skipping training camp as it was a contract.