(10-17-2019, 08:45 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(10-17-2019, 01:39 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Lee and Cann were both free agents when they were resigned. Jack resigned in the last year of his rookie deal, and Yannick is also negotiating in the same time frame. Bortles was resigned to a middle of the road short term extension. These contracts aren't really making the point you think they are.

Bortles proves his point exactly (see prior post).  So does the Linder contract.  Ngakoue has been more consistent, productive and professional than Bortles was here, and Bortles got his extension.

Where's Yannick's extension? 

Ngakoue has been more durable and productive than Linder at a premium position vs. a lesser position.  He has at least made a Pro Bowl.  Linder has not,  and Linder got his lucrative extension that made him the highest paid C in league history.

Where's Yannick's extension?

It doesn't make sense to follow up one mistake (Bortles' contract) with another (overpaying for what is basically a pass rush specialist who's marginal against the run and who's not even playing as well as he was in 2017).  He's a hard worker, he's professional and I think they should extend him but it's got be at a reasonable rate, paying whatever the player/agent demands is a sure way to wreck the salary cap.

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