(06-11-2019, 10:56 AM)Upper Wrote: Let's not look at it as total overall dollars, let's look at it as a % of the salary cap. I think that makes it easier to relate. If we could get Yan to agree to a deal in the 10-11% range of the salary cap I would sign him right now I think he's earned that. If he's pushing for the 12%+ like Watt, Von, and Mack got then I think we might have to play some more hardball. I'd like to see this tweet updated with Lawrence, Clark, and Ford's contracts included though, maybe that would skew my opinion a little.

https://twitter.com/ArifHasanNFL/status/...1054433280

I disagree with the bold statement above. If anyone deserves that kind of percentage on this team it would be Calais Campbell at that position. Not Yannick Ngakoue. He's good. Don't get me wrong. But he's nowhere NEAR as impactful as J.J Watt, Khalil Mack, Aaron Donald and Von Miller have been in the NFL.

If they want to get him in that 8.0% - 9.5% range and lay some incentive carrots into his contract that pushes beyond 10.0 sacks per season, etc. then that's fine by me. But he shouldn't be getting anything more than that until you can attribute an NFL Defensive Player of the Year award or two to his name. 

I would pump the breaks right at that discussion point if his agent even tries to pull some [BLEEP] like that at the table. No thanks.

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