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Third, I doubt the offer was anywhere close to $20M. When teams offer early extensions, they're not giving gigantic raises over the amount they could control the player than if the player played out their contract plus the franchise years. Gurley is a perfect example. The Rams could have controlled him for the next 4 years - '18 - '19 contract plus 2 franchise tag years - at an average of $10.18M per year. ($4.398285M '18 salary, $9.63M '19, $11.866M '20 tag, $14.833M '21 tag) "Hmmm......so then why would Donald expect anything close to $23M per year or more at this point????
Like you pointed out, you want to get paid early and get your g-money, you usually give up something in doing so.
You kinda reiterated what some of us have been trying to point out. Donald isn't exactly an unrestricted free agent.
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