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NFL.com - Jags decline to pick up Dante Fowler's fifth-year option

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05-04-2018, 03:06 PM

(05-04-2018, 02:34 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:
(05-04-2018, 10:58 AM)Markulous Wrote: Yeah, big FAs that continue at a high level will pretty much bump up a team quickly.  It's up to them drafting well to sustain this success, which outside of 2013 and 2015, our drafts have looked pretty solid so far, so there's that.

The problem is once those drafted players reach some success, their contractual demands will reach a level where you just can't keep everybody. It's a double edged sword. You feel positive about drafting well, but it also hurts to see us have to let go of guys that have reached that success, because you just know they're going to go to another team and possibly become a star. I can't remember another time in the history of the franchise, when we were faced with the possibility of having to let a guy walk, when he was just beginning to reach his peak potential.


You never want to do let a guy walk when he's peaking. I recall back in the day how Bill Walsh would ride out players to always get their best. While they were peaking they were on the 49ers, but then he always knew right when to let them walk. Time and time again they'd let guys walk, or trade guys, to another team who would watch the player as his skills started to decline. He just knew right when the players were going to start their downhill regression, and poof they were gone.
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RE: NFL.com - Jags decline to pick up Dante Fowler's fifth-year option - by Jags02 - 05-04-2018, 03:06 PM



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