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I draw a different conclusion....given Donald could be controlled for 3 more years and vastly underpaid with no security, he should be more willing to compromise a bit on his demands....not force the issue or demand a trade.

go rams.

If he can force a trade he isn't being controlled.

And why would he willingly be underpaid for a total of 7 years.

To be fair 3 years of that would be just being a rookie under the new CBA.

But the new CBA gives 1st round picks the option to re-negotiate after their third year. All others that I know of who entered into negotiations after year 3 got their big 2nd contracts, some being the highest paid at their position as a result (at least in the year they were extended).

So that would be a 4th year as a rookie, a 5th year with the 5 year option, and 2 tag years---all of which badly underpay him in relation to his real market value.

Why would he willingly submit to that when he can just demand a trade and get paid his due.

And yes he has control over where he's traded. All he has to do is tell the Rams "I will not sign an extension with that team" and any deal is off. Tru did that in 2017. The Saints offered a 2nd rounder for him and Tru just said he would not sign an extension with them. The trade was off. (Though Tru, unlike AD, was well compensated by the tag amount. Donald's tag amount will be well below his market value.)

If it's me I don't work for far less than my value if I have options. I only do that, and resentfully, if I have no options. AD has options (after this year anyway).




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We are presumably talking about the rather small difference between $22 and maybe $24 million per? Or at least thereabouts?

If so, that’s not a huge gap, really. Not worth AD burning bridges over. And not worth the Rams dragging their feet over, either.

Unless...

As I suspect, there are other non-financial factors involved that have caused this year and a half snag? Hmmmmm...