I think you're missing it here though. Dickerson is a top 10-15 OG like you stated. He was a second round pick. This goes back to my point you don't need the best guard in football to contender. Dickerson is nowhere near as good as Zack Martin.
Wasn't my point.
well it was mine at the onset, LOL. Sheesh...
To say that Philly doesn't have quality interior OL, ergo we can get by without Martin, is silliness. One, because Martin clearly makes the other two alongside him better. Biadasz and Steele aren't nearly as good when having some random guy between them. Conversely, while Dickerson is a very good interior OL, he also has the best C in football on one side and one of the better young LTs on the otherside. Philly doesn't "need" to have a really good OG there. Nevertheless they do. But even if they didn't because they have Kelce and Mialata they likely could still have a quality OL with a lesser LG.
I understand that. Just the way you phrased it irked me a little because at the beginning of his career he was trying to get paid.
I don't disagree there. Martin does make Steels job easier. Or did. But is Martin the only guard Steele can play next to? I don't think so. WE would miss Martin don't get me wrong. But I stand by you can get away with a B level right guard in his place. Now finding that guy is the question. I don't think he's on the roster unless it's Tyler Smith.
My understanding was he had an issue with being the 6th highest paid guard when he's widely considered to be top 2.
Uh, for this year, in a year Jerry is spouting that we are a legit SB contender, yeah, Martin is really the only RG Steele and Biadasz can play next to if you want to actually try to win a SB. You can't plug and play some rando in there. Yeah you could move Tyler Smith there but then you just created a hole at LG. And if Tyron gets hurt, guess what? You are then totally screwed if Martin isn't there. But I am 100% confident this team can't win a SB without Martin (unless they pulled off some great trade for a legit interior OL).
lol all good, and I cannot stand TB/Gronk and all the other attention seekers. If these is a QB who should be blamed for putting themselves first it's Drew Brees. He single handedly choked that franchise by all this outrageous contract demands, for years and years. As much as I dislike Brady never really made haters over his contracts, it was over deflate gate, etc. Equally, as much I am not a big Dak fan he is now "underpaid" according to current market value. Not a whimper out of him being unhappy, which is what makes him a team leader if you will. As for others like AR, don't even get me started on him....
No one really knows. The rumors have been he's bothered by the fact he's not the top paid guard but my guess is his real issue is he has no guaranteed money left and wants a few more years tacked on beyond 2024.
That would indicate he wants more money in his last two years, not just an extension. That is a problem. Whether or not that becomes a problem concerning Lamb and Parsons, I don't know. But Diggs will be a big cap hit next year. Lamb the year after, and Parsons the year after that. So even without paying Martin more, it's going to be a cap problem.
I'm not sure what the end game is here for Martin. He's being fined and he won't get that money back. He's basically paying to get a new contract. IT doesn't make sense.
Yeah I don't want to speak for him but that's what I've been seeing to be reported. And that's basically what Jerry said. He has to pay other people first. Martin was going to eventually get paid more. Not sure why he picked NOW to do this.
I agree. I think he wants more than that. Because what you describe is what typically would happen, just a year early.
Except Martin already carries a $23 million cap hit next year on top of some dummy years that we would have to account for even if he's not here.
Again, I see what you're seeing. I just think there is more to it than what you're saying. I don't think it's as simple as giving Martin an extension and more guaranteed money. I think Martin wants to be paid like a top 2 OL right now, plus an extension. I have no problem giving Martin an extension and more money, even if it's a year early. It makes little difference. But if he wants more in his final two years, that's a problem. There is no room for thank you money.
Jerry is now being utterly defensive about this now. Him coming out and trying to make Martin the bad guy here because he's wanting to apparently take money from them being able to sign Parsons and Lamb is pretty telling to me. He's trying to control the narrative while Martin's camp remains silent. To me that screams the guy being unreasonable here is Jerry.
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