jwooten15
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Tank was never a great player. He was a “good player” that feasted against bad teams and then got hurt enough that many thought if he would get healthy that the sacks would naturally come. The problem with that line of thinking was that most of the time when it really mattered he couldn’t sniff the QB.
While there is still time for me to be proven wrong, I said that the red flag warning signs were there: 1. Mediocre player wanting top money, 2. Preoccupied with “getting paid” 3. Ran his head like Dez. 4. Never really played up to the expectations. 5. Held the team hostage (even to his own performance detriment).
The “odds” of this contract being a “rue” sort of contract from its inception were overwhelmingly high. You don’t pay Mack money to anyone other than Mack. We are getting “bent” on this contract so far, and unfortunately I expect that to continue.
Jerry should have stuck to his guns on this one.
We may rue the Elliott contract at some point too (because of similar warning signs) but my best guess is no where near the rue on Tank’s will be.
We are also probably going to rue not paying Dak and getting it over with long before now.
Very good post!
Off the top of my head, the only time he genuinely showed up big in a meaningful game was against the Lions in the playoffs.
Other than that, lots of QB sacks against mediocre teams
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