TannDaMan17
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Well no thats not a fact Khalil Mack has led the NFL is pressures from 15-16.
In 2016 Mario, Andre, and Jones combined for 10.5 sacks and 91 pressures while Vernon had 8.5 sacks and 86 pressures so again not a fact.
In 2017 Andre and Harris and Hayes combined for 7.5 sacks and 82 pressures while Vernon had 6.5 sacks and 38 pressures so again not a fact.
In 2018 Quinn, Andre, and Harris combined for 9 sacks and 82 pressures while Vernon had 7 sacks and 46 pressures so again not a fact.
I'm not sure what your point is with saying he's getting paid more on a yearly basis and bringing up guaranteed money.
The tag isn't some magical tool to make players more likely to sign long term or lower their demands. Le'Veon Bell just sat out an entire year because he refused to play for the tag. The Redskins tagged Kirk Cousins what like 2-3 years in a row and eventually let him go. Players may not like the tag but that doesn't mean they'll go ahead and sign for less than what they want. I'm not sure what you mean by Cox at the time of his contract it made him the 2nd highest paid DT in the NFL after Suh and 4th highest paid defensive player in the NFL. Looks like the threat of the franchise tag wasn't that effective.
OK so he had the most pressures as a RE from 15-16, point being that would have been a steal for simply one year on the franchise tag since he signed for a higher AAV than the tag would have even cost.
In '16 (main year I'm focused on) we could have easily afforded Jones and Andre even with tagging OV (they were cheap), Mario was more than half the cost of Vernon with practically NO production.
The facts show Vernon was a significantly better value one the tag than was the decision to sign Mario.
You may say it was a logical move, but imo you do everything you can to keep your best players and OV was certainly one of them.
Honestly I would have kept OV and traded Wake if I had that option as a GM, I'm that high on OV because of what he brings to the table in terms of his overall game and age.
He may be overpaid, but he's an excellent football player, we now have 0 outside of old man Wake at DE (big problem).
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