I always appreciate that validation coming from you. I’d be very worried about my intelligence and my stance if you ever thought anything else.
your judging the packers deal based on how they did 2 seasons after...
Uh yes? Because Adams on a team that has had no alpha WR1 these past 2 seasons might have made a huge difference?
what the packers did was refuse to pay an aging vet leaving their prime an insane contract just because he wanted it.
Define “insane contract”. The price is the price. Nobody’s out there wildly overpaying for anyone. Next man up gets a little more money each time, but not much. Its fine if the Pack wanted to cash in and get younger, but its still a huge risk, and not at all one that you can point to anything that says it has paid off.
Adams had his worst seasons in terms in his last 5 years last season... and the packers NOT paying Adams is and was without a doubt a great decision.
Adams made the Pro Bowl in 2022 and led the league in TD’s despite horrible QB play. In 2023, he got a little banged up and had even worse QB play, yet still had around 1200 yds / 8 TD’s. He’s started 34 out of 34 games these past 2 years. Perhaps even more importantly, he’s still widely considered by other NFL WR’s as still being the most skilled WR in the NFL.
All the examples you mentioned are comical. Pitt didnt pay Bell who at the time was the best RB in football.
Because he was replaceable. I already said that, genius.
Big Ben was always paid under his market except for 1 season and it was a short contract, nothing close to max deal or value.
Wrong again.
Big Ben averaged being the 8th highest paid QB in the league from the beginning of his second contract until he retired. Was very well taken care of the entire time.
His last 9 years in the league, in which Pitt reached zero Super Bowls and just one AFC title game, he was the 6th highest paid on average.
In the 4 years of 2018-2021, Pitt never made it out of the Divisional round of the playoffs, Big Ben never made the Pro Bowl….well….he was still around 7th highest paid QB on average.
2021, he was the 6th highest paid QB in the league and was absolutely putrid.
Your just like to spitball and throw out things that are some comically wrong.
So I’m the one who does that….right.
Let’s see you back your dumb shít up with actual data for a change and maybe we’ll revisit this (or not).
The ol just go ahead and pay them because they are going to get what they are wanting... is one of the more stupider things youve said.. and you say a lot of them.
You said yourself that “CeeDee was always in the short term and long term plans for Dallas”. You said that. If you really and truly believe that, then why didn’t they give him his max contract 2 months ago and prevent a camp holdout / distraction? Jerry saved zero dollars by waiting. He still had to pay the max deal that Lamb wanted. It was never going to go any other direction. Dak will be no different. You simply have no leg to stand on. It’s dumb for owners and GM’s to drag out contract talks out of nothing more than hubris. Just pay them what you know you’re going to have to pay them, and get it done. There is nothing to gain from waiting, and much to potentially lose if it takes your stud players longer to get in game shape.
THAT is what orgs like Pitt, NE, etc. actually do. They don’t embrace the negotiating drama like these other teams.
well run organziations pay players what works in the paramenter of them being successful.
Well run organizations pay their best and most important players their market value to keep them. They ALWAYS keep their elite talent that they can expect to keep performing at a high level for at least 3-4 more years. They trade or let go those assets that they can’t reasonably expect to perform at the market price for 3-4 years.
Thet way jones handled the lamb situation was 100% fine. Lamb wasnt going to hold out,
He did hold out last I checked. Missed all of camp.
the cowboys paid him and locked up a WR1 during this prime years for what will be a good price for both sides. No damage done. Everyone is happy.
It’s not a “good price for both sides”. It’s the market price. You fail to understand that. He was ALWAYS going to get the market price. He got just barely under what Jefferson got 2 months ago, and Jefferson’s career production has been substantially better and more consistent. The entire NFLPA and their agents both have a stated goal of getting maximum contracts at each turn for deserving players, to keep the money moving up. It’s not a secret what the outcome will be each time a new player is hitting that 2nd contract.
