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The leverage is on the Rams side as Donald loses money if he doesn't sign with the Rams this year
Unless he cares more about getting a valid deal than about short-term money per se. And that's pretty likely. After his year he will will have earned 6+M...enough to sit for a couple of years if it ever came to that. But how many players of Donald's stature have you ever heard of who just sat because the team refused to trade him? Has that ever happened? Meanwhile if they tag him, he counts against the cap, and if they don't trade him, they not only don't have him on the field, they get nothing for him.
And on top of it yes a team can afford a Donald, and is better for paying and playing him. That's based on the premise that a Donald is worth two other merely good players who would take up the same cap space.
I didn't see a single argument which showed me that teams in the past have not honored trade demands from star brand players and instead let them sit out. Let alone having them count against the cap while they did it.
Donald has leverage in the tag year. He's not this cog the Rams can just use that way, and I doubt the Rams are that blind anyway. The message they would send their own team under those conditions is a bad one if they acted that way.
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1. If he sits out he loses service time and is not eligible to become a free agent.
2. Valid deal? Rams are offering a deal that will make him the highest paid defensive player I would say that is valid
3. He can sit out but he loses money under every scenario
4. If he plays without a contract he assumes all the risk to injury.
His agent wants to set a record and get him paid as a QB. That is not realistic.
