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AlbaNY_Ram
But wouldn't it be fair to suggest that Suh was overpaid at $19M considering that the Dolphins outright cut him rather than honor that contract and Suh subsequently signed for $14M?
The market is the market.
A later regime changing their minds about a player doesn't change that.
2nd contracts in 2018 for qbs are 28 M or so. JG in SF got 27.5
The qb market will go up every year
even if JG turns out, falls apart and never plays well.
The Rams don't get to lowball Goff in 2020 contract talks if JG doesn't pan out.The 2nd contract market is about what it takes to keep or acquire a player in his 2nd contract year. There's no re-dos or taking it back. It marches forward.
Besides, Suh's contract was 2015, which is a lifetime ago, and Donald is better than Suh.
Donald should not be penalized because Miami changed regimes and re-shuffled their priorities after the 2015 signing.
You know if you went into the negotiations for the Rams with the argument you're making the Donald side would have every reason to believe you're just justifying a lowball (I don't believe those are your motives in our discussion, but in the context of a negotiation, yeah I think it could be taken that way.)
That's especially the case since there has been no DT of Donald's caliber, including Suh, since Sapp. He's in a unique position. He should be getting a deal that makes him one of the 2-3 top paid DEFENDERS in the league (a market set by Von Miller in 2016 at 19 M). (And it will be higher now because it always is. As long as the cap goes up, the going rate for 2nd contracts goes up every year too.)
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/07/2018 07:14AM by zn.