(08-05-2019, 11:09 AM)Bullseye Wrote:

(08-05-2019, 11:03 AM)Kane Wrote: Pretty much playing out as I expected and called (when many were worried he was going to hold out into the season)

I'm still pretty confident they'll get a deal done before playing the franchise tag dance.

I sure hope you are right.

Ngakoue stating "they had their chance" to sign me was ominous.

Yeah... I actually think his price is going to go up. And I took it as he's betting on himself to have the kind of year that will force the team to break the bank.

They could have offered 5/95 with like 60 gtd front loaded and he would have took it (if rumors and reports are to believed that they were offering more like 3 year at a 19 mil per year average, with probably 40 mil gtd?)

He hits double digit sacks this year and stays top 5 in pressures they are going to have to make him the top paid DE, or tag him.


Personally I'm not gonna worry about it. It's a business and sometimes teams have to make hard choices. Yan might be one of them. I wouldn't like it if they let him walk or trade him, but it is what it is. And if Allen balls, well it'll be a bit of a wash.

If I'm the team, I'm trying to get something done every week. Every day. I can't believe that what is keeping the deal from happening is that the team doesn't want to commit to Yan long term (in reference to rumors of a short deal) but who knows with this front office. They make great moves and stupid moves every off season, sometimes in the same week haha
If I'm Yan, I use the last bit of any leverage he has and cut off negotiations when season starts "to concentrate" and play angry.

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