Originally posted by Muck
No compromise IMO. He sat out the first year and we paid him. Then he was pretty much practice squad the second year.....learning and recovering....and we paid him. In reality, he's really only played one season. And did pretty well.....with the game's best DE on the other side. And when that DE was neutralized, Wally was nowhere to be found.
Trace who?? Wally has never had 16.5 sacks. Wally has never come up with a game-changing sack. He's never won a playoff game with a sack. And he's never been the team leader. Trace was absolute money in crunch time. Wally still has to prove he can do it.
He has no leverage. And he has to prove it again. We risk nothing by holding our ground. If he proves he's the real deal, he'll get his due from somebody next year. But until then, he doesn't have a leg to stand on. By holding out, he hurts himself AND us.