TJ Holdout?

I can see both sides of this argument. You and I come from a time when team loyalty was important but, I've seen what loyalty did to guys like Walt Sweeney (look him up, kids) TJ wants to get as much as he can while he can. So do I. So does everyone. What happens if TJ gets a Shazier-like injury this year? I'm not advocating giving him a blank check but, give him a fair contract. TJ's agent should accept a FAIR deal too.

 

wouldn’t he be a FA next year if they don’t extend him?

 

How many?

 

I see what your saying i think. Qbs on their rookie deal must be at least a middling qb was my thought process. Seen a lot of busts over the years,

 

News is he will practice this week and play in Buffalo.

 

It’s all about the guarantees. Just like taysom hill has a 140 million dollar contract but he won’t see even half of that because they will void it after this year because it isn’t guaranteed. You can’t bank on money that’s not secure especially with the way these teams cut guys.

 

that’s the thing. If he were to hold out I doubt they franchise him.

 

Once is all it takes. Not a likely scenario but........it doesn't even have to be that severe. I say pay him , but don't mortgage the future to do it.

 

Or you know get better at handling their money when they do get it.

 

I think they will. He's their top asset.

 

I think hats why Leveon did what he did. When a guy shows you he'd holdout for a year you can't hold up that large a number of your cap for a guy who refuses to play. It severely hampers your team.

 

that same injury could happen to any player. should they all not play until they are the highest paid? they would never play a game. TJ is at the top of his game as a pass rusher but he still has some parts of his game to work on. 53 tackles was his lowest output and that was last year. lev bell didn't take a 14.5 million dollar offer from the steelers and played for less elsewhere. that will teach the steelers right? sorry, it didn't phase them. a few short years later he is on a PS, and only playing because a team is desperate. oh how a player can decline quickly. tj's brother is a good example. houston got stuck with very little output for a huge price. they haven't recovered yet. think about that. pass rushers come along all the time. he's not going to be the last one to do it. he's hot right now, but you don't kill the rest of a team in rebuild on one player unless he's a franchise qb.

 

This gon get ugly...

 

Ben and Watt for Aaron Rodgers!

 

rodgers with mahomes as his backup.

 

And Marsha to the Practice Squad.

 

For Justin Fields! Defense might win a SB again for Chicago. OSU is overdue with a franchise qb.

 

Seriously?

 

I mean but how many big name free agent shave they gotten? The guys they keep typically aren't what you'd call top guys who break the bank as of late in terms of guaranteed money.

 

well yea somebody has to run the scout team.

 

over two million dollars a sack is what it will amount to. yikes.