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I have no desire to revisit the AD salary wars of last year, but I will say this.
AB was willing to cut off his nose to spite his face in his negotiations. Bell, too.
THAT is all a matter of subjective opinion. The Raiders story over the next few years has not been told yet. So who knows about that.
Fact is as I said before AB made himself virtually un-tradeable. AD would never have been in that position. High character, high motor, high integrity guy. AB is in a league full of receivers, AD is in a league where he has been the only elite DT since Sapp retired.
So with all that working against him AB still got the trade and the contract he wanted.Given that example, you have to conclude AD would have been absolutely golden, with multiple options.
Bottomline
: with star players, the entire idea that teams own "leverage" is just fanciful. It don't work like that. Like, at all.
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Yep. Like the QB position, there is simply a different "leaverage" model when it comes to elite players.
Donald, Mack, and now Brown have proven this. Next up is LeVeon Bell. I suspect that, despite sitting out the year, Bell will secure a better contract offer than if he'd played (and potentially hurt himself or had a "down" year).
Like ridiculous contracts for mediocre QB's, folks should just accept this.