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Not every qualifying player enters into post-3rd year negotiations. For example, Gurley didn't. Mack didn't though that was the Raiders choosing to extend Carr last year instead of both.
But everyone that did enter those negotiations got signed, except Donald.
Do any of the players that signed have Donald's agent?
The last one I know of to get an extension was Fletcher Cox. But that's beside the point and had nothing to do with that I am saying. I have stated several times that no one knows enough to say whether the Rams are lowballing or if Donald is asking too much. So I don't address that.
My point is aimed at those who argue that it's legit to lowball a player of that caliber by stringing them along on franchise tags.
I have two things to say about that kind of thinking.
First, notice no one has done that. No team has treated any player who went into the new CBA granted post 3rd year re-negotiations was treated that way by a team.
Second, a player like that, same as Dickerson, can force a trade. Guy only has to not sign under those conditions. Name a team that has ever sat on a generational player like that who isn't playing and doesn't trade them. No team wants to be the one that says "yeah we kept Aaron Donald from playing football for 3 years."
So it's not right, no one does it, it wouldn;t work, and it looks bad.
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