My reply was kinda sarcastic, but still, we did not gamble on running the table last year. If that was the case, we don’t sign sign him to an immediate extension. This was the front office believing that they were acquiring a cornerstone of the defense for the next few seasons. I don’t know how you can view this any other way.
the flaw in your logic is they could have signed him in the offseason as a free agent and not given up the pick
The flaw.in your logic is we would have been the high bidder or he would have picked Miami. My my stupid hypotheticals are fun.
So I guess we would have been the only bidders. Is that your logic?
I love draft picks but I agree with your point. If we had a drafted player who is having the season/impact which Chub is having this year we would all be thrilled. The only differences are his financial impact on the Cap and he is a couple years older than a rookie would be. I don't fault Grier for this move and it seems to be improving and adding value.
my suspicion is we bid against ourselves, and could have gotten it done for third if grier held his nads
The rest of the post is meaningless when this was your entire post so I wanted to address this… he’s the 7th highest paid edge in the NFL.
I do. I also think Chase Young will get a big deal even though neither have really been that outstanding, think Armstead here. Edge is one of the top 5 positions in the NFL, a potential game changing position. The second contract is where you go big, you may boom or bust but it’s where you get paid. How often have we seen a team go all in only to get a dog? It does not happen all the time, just too often for my taste.
Yeah I mean if you take a hard stance that he would have gotten top 3 money then we would agree to disagree but we’d never know. I just don’t see him getting Bosa or Watt money without the production. But again, we’d never know… and if you’re right, your point would be valid.
