so they are willing to pay a RB vs a War Daddy DE. not smart football management. way easier to find a RB than a DE.When you have #1 picks like Taco waiting to emerge..
when you are looking at DE and DT as your top 2 draft picks probably..
then your deal is going to decrease.
I think the team let's him go and uses his money to solidify the Cooper, Dak and Zeke deals coming up.
plus Collins is due and who knows with Byron Jones..
It's sort of easy to see unless something changes..
Tank will be elsewhere in 2019.
Radio silence for Lawrence and then you see this.
Yeah, he probably feels a little unloved.
Free agency is for losers that cant draft...……...signed, Steven Jones, self appointed draft guru!LOL.
So they are on vacation again for the start of free agency?
I love these guys.
I am sure they will be pretty close to other offers. And JJ is good to his players. More than just a business to him.How many teams will pay more that:
1)Won’t negate the raise with taxes
2)Have more winning potential
3)Have better weather
4)Have a better nightlife
Make a list of teams from that, then decide whether or not it’s worth uprooting to go someplace strange, lining up with strangers. Of course, many young dumb athletes with big egos will ignore details in favor of big money.
The one guy that has earned his payday more than anyone and the team is unable to get a deal done:
You hit the nail on the head. It’s easy to sit back and point fingers without really knowing what’s going on, but for all we really know we could be pointing fingers at the wrong side. For that matter, there may not even be a side to point fingers at. These kinds of negations happen all the time across the NFL with players wanting to expand the market so they get the highest pay possible, and teams trying to keep the market from going even more nuts than it already is. It’s how business works.As someone who wants him back, it's all relative.
If he feels disrespected because they didn't give him the largest contract every to a 4-3 DE (or give him Mack money), then he's being unrealistic.
If the team gave him an offer that was a low ball offer thinking they would get a home town discount, then that's on them.
It's hard to really know what's going on here.
The one guy that has earned his payday more than anyone and the team is unable to get a deal done:
No they didn't change the FT designation, just my thinking they should. The NEFT allows negotiation with other teams and the DC have right to match offer sheet to keep him or if they decline they get 2 first round picks from that team. If he is what he thinks he is this should set the bar for him.Did they put an exclusive tag on him? I'm not sure how that process would work with a guy not currently under contract? Maybe they give him and his agent the right to negotiate a deal with other teams? But everything would have to happen quickly.
Nice, so we don’t even have to trade him to get the compensation. Just don’t match the offer. Maybe it will be a team that pick high up in the draft.No they didn't change the FT designation, just my thinking they should. The NEFT allows negotiation with other teams and the DC have right to match offer sheet to keep him or if they decline they get 2 first round picks from that team. If he is what he thinks he is this should set the bar for him.
As much as I agree with you on Jason Qwitten it has zero impact on D Laws contract. He just wants to get paid the most he can.This has been obvious for a while now.
The Witten thing might have been the very last straw.
I know if I played with my arm hanging off for an entire year while Witten did nothing and came right back in like he never left, I would be a little miffed.
Nice, so we don’t even have to trade him to get the compensation. Just don’t match the offer. Maybe it will be a team that pick high up in the draft.