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No it isn't lol

Yup. People in glass houses....

This is great!

Mr. Big Cut

No thanks. This isn't the 1970s.

They are nothing like this team. Those teams bickered, fought with each other, and partied until the morning sun came up. They won because they had 4 HOF'ers at skill positions and the rest of the roster was packed with Pro-Bowlers -- and that's back when making the Pro Bowl really meant something.

The Raiders just paid 2 draft picks so the Pats could sign AB.

Why not just open a browser on your Firestick?

Time to start claiming this is CTE

I find it amusing that he honestly believes he's the victim here and thinks he's being slighted.

Hard Knocks crew left a few days too early.

I'd say it's definitely a bunch of BS. Irsay took too many pills and is hearing voices.

Yeah, about that Andrew.... Jerry has written the book on how NOT to run a team in the free-agency era.

yeah, the Pats dynasty is known for their RBs

Spot on. I'll even make the tinfoil hat claim that they were trying to move him 2 years ago during that housecleaning, and that they couldn't get any teams to bite on that contract.

That is not going to happen.

These types of players are fun to root for, but they're lottery tickets - you're typically going to lose your money for a brief bit of excitement.

lol at people thinking they were going to get a 1st-rounder for him.

At least we don't have to read the "What could we get for McCoy" threads. There's your answer. Nothing. There's no market for 31-yr old RBs with that salary.

Yolo, the account you're quoting is less than a year old and has only ~5K followers. It really sounds like they're just making things up to get views.

It puts tremendous pressure on the GM to re-sign him i.e. overpay next year. He's not as good as the insane contract he's going to command.

So is that the line for you? Anytime after the 3rd year (for rookies) it becomes acceptable to "maximize your worth?" Or is it a percent-based thing? Like after 60% of your contract is up it becomes OK to hold out for a new one?

It's less about maximizing your worth, and more about playing out the contract you signed. After what time period is it acceptable to demand that you want your contract torn up? If Ed Oliver gets 10 sacks this year, is it OK with you if he holds out and threatens not to play next year unless he gets a new deal? Why not? He's just trying to maximize his worth. It may be a ridiculous scenario, but it highlights the issue with this "maximize your worth" argument. The time for that is when you are a FA. When the ink is dry on the contract, play ball.

This ain't fantasy football...

That Yankee dynasty didn't win because of culture, they won because of talent. And no, I'm not discounting culture here. Those teams were was just damn good.