Sooo......we basically traded Fowler for 2 draft picks and one more year of Ngakoue wreaking havoc alongside Campbell? And STILL saved 14 million? At least? I'll take that every day of the week and twice on Sunday. After the blown ACL, ref'ing the girl fight, tossing dudes groceries in the pond....they were NEVER gonna attempt to resign him unless he balled out and had an All-Pro/DPOY type of year....and Fowler just doesn't have the mental tenacity/drive to will himself towards that. Certain players get better because they realize they have talent, but EVERYONE in the NFL has talent and now they have to work to DEVELOP that talent. Fowler is not that dude. Ngakoue is. He came in with a chip, and has gotten better every year. Were his sack numbers down from last year? Yes...everyone's were. He still had more TFL and a LOT more QB hits than the Pro Bowl year he had prior.

All of this goes along with the theory he would've been HAPPY playing out his option in year 5....stuck behind a far superior player in Yannick. Still grumbling, still mad at the world.....and possibly still getting in trouble and being a headache outside the stadium.

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