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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?
I’ll play, dz.
Given just those two alternatives, I think the Rams opt for the trade.
For one thing, to just sit him burns bridges that might never be rebuilt.
And AD does present an opportunity for a Ram bonanza in picks and players. Another benefit of the trade option is to demonstrate to both AD and we fans just how much value other teams see in him. If trade pick/player offers to the Rams are lukewarm and/or contract amounts to AD pre-trade are not to his liking then that would speak volumes. It might be a dose of reality, indeed, and re-open the door to a successful extension with the Rams.
On the other hand, if the trade offers to the Rams are overwhelming and other teams are offering AD the earth, moon, and stars, then that’s a good thing for both parties, too. Rams get their bonanza plus cap help and AD gets his desired money and “respect”.
