Andyman
Canadian Fin Fan
A few differences:Any NFL organization would dump any player in a heartbeat if they underperformed contract. Why shouldn’t a player renegotiate if they outplayed it? NFL is a business, and he deserves it for how he played last year.
- that’s not how the CBA was negotiated between owners and players;
- there are cap implications (often) to outright cutting a player with years left on their deal, so teams do not cut players just for underperforming;
- he has four years left on his deal. He missed substantial games the previous two years. Is he giving back that money?
- the cap is depressed right now due to covid
- players know when they sign a long term deal they’re trading longer term earning for shorter term security. If you don’t want to have that happen, keep signing one year deals.
I don’t care if he holds out. Go for it. Miss all camp for all I care. But don’t miss games. Four years left on his contract with an injury history is not a great position of bargaining strength. Sorry X. Team has stood by him during some rocky times, you’ll just have to find a way to make ends meet on $15 million per year.