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spagsbacker
I just cannot get on board with ignoring the fact we are bickering between $20 million per year and $23 million per year. The amount of $ is absurd, and anyone who denies this should reconsider. If it is a good situation, and a sh*tload of $, that should be a priority. By bleeding a team of every possible $, it will make absolutely no difference in their life, AND IT will make it hard for the team to keep quality players around him. If we sign AD to the richest deal in history, it will not be long before he is a disgruntled veteran on a losing team. That is no fun. Im sorry, but AD and his entire family down to his great, great grandchildren will be set for life regardless what contract he signs, so any claim about family, etc.... will fall on deaf ears here.
And yes, if someone were offering me $20 million per year for a good situation, nice weather, stable company, fair hours, vs a $23 million job that is located in a dreary town, bad weather, bad restaurants, unstable company....im good with the $20 million option. I never imagined i would never make that much.
I try and sign him to $20/21 million deal per year. If that is not good enough, I franchise him and play hardball.
go rams
What if the choice was $20 million per year for a good situation, nice weather, stable company, fair hours, vs $23 million per year for a good situation, nice weather, stable company, fair hours? IOW, the only difference may be the extra $3M per year.
A dreary town, bad weather, bad restaurants, and an unstable company don't have to be part of the equation and it doesn't make sense to assume that they are.
Also, I asked above but no one wanted to answer...
What if he demanded a trade and unequivocally said he would sit out a year rather than play under a franchise tag, do you think the Rams would trade him or make him sit out?
That's his hardball option. And I'd put money on option 1 that the Rams would trade him. What do you say?
