100% that 2 million isn’t going to hurt as far as total cap spent … 100% agree.
That is a lazy distraction from the bigger point being made … it IS absolutely the difference between signing Zeke instead of Derek Henry … or DJ Reader vs Jordan Phillips or Bobby Wagner vs Kendricks etc etc etc etc … but hey that’s always the line of thinking the “who cares what a player makes” crew postulates. 2 things can be true at once … we are able to not care less what a player makes, while also caring how a salary a player does make, impacts team make-up and ultimately TEAM success.
The “who cares what a guy gets paid” crowd also so conveniently forget the fact CeeDee is under a contract he signed. Boo hoo … he loved his bag when he signed it. If he cared so much about his bag then, why did he sign it? Where were these folks THEN? Why didn’t they care that he was “getting screwed on his bag” THEN? Goes both ways, bruh.
Can you see how it’s wild how these same folks who tell others “who cares what a guy gets paid” suddenly care and argue so much about what he gets paid? When he himself apparently didn’t care when he signed his OG contract. Works both ways …why do these other folks care so much NOW that he is paid “market value” … but alas it’s 2024, personal accountability is gone and now it’s the era of “imma delete my employer name from my IG and whine like a lil B until I get my NEW way who cares what I signed.” Same lil whiny B we saw on national TV when he laid an egg when it mattered most … so yah CeeDee … love ya as a player … love ya as a player for the team I’ve followed for 45 years … absolutely 100% Go get your bag you think you deserve … just do not do so at the expense of the team I root for, go get it somewhere else and all the best to ya. Absolutely didn’t love your GB meltdown … or your silence amidst your mama’s social media meltdown after your epic playoff meltdown … but I guess it always comes full circle in understanding.
Life is about tradeoffs so no one is stopping CeeDee from his bag or suggesting he don’t go get it, what I hear many, including myself saying are … just don’t cry and pretend to be team first blah blah blah … your market value as a player is determined by the role you play on the TEAM paying you …No better example than Pat Mahomes. CeeDee, yah we saw his TEAM market value on full display during the GB playoff disaster … and while he wants his extra 2 million in salary many could easily argue it’s shortsighted stupidity bc most doubt his endorsements as say a Carolina Panther track the same path as a cowboy … so good luck to him on that front as well.
The post you replied to is really the crux of the matter … X million more for one, is either X million less for another … or sometimes one less quality player at another position of need … imagine Dak took a littlle less last year and they lined up Wagner at LB instead of tin man LVE who cost like 1.5million less than Wagner … instead DQ was playing CB/S as LB … and the run D was putrid … meanwhile Wagner was all pro as voted by the players …But hey, Dak got his bag so who cares … and it’s pretty hard to argue that his bag is truly “market value” … if that was YOUR money … would you pay for that for repeated playoff failure? I’d sure hope not, so while it’s convenient to say “doesn’t hurt the cap” it’s lazy to say that and ignore it DOES hurt the TEAM.
But hey boi got his bag, amiright? Make no mistake, Jerry will cave bc he can’t help himself, all the “who cares about what he makes” crowd will thumb their chests … all while every handoff to Zeke for 2 yards versus Henry for 5 will remind us ALL why players of camp cupcake are more worried about their bag than a Lombardi.
Go Texans I guess
then stop watching. All that whining
