(03-03-2020, 09:13 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(03-03-2020, 03:38 AM)rpr52121 Wrote: What does a "greater" (I'm assuming larger) fanbase really offer Yan? More social media followers?

Yan may be able to get some more endorsement money, but would it really move the needle? Has Allen Robinson really parlayed his new place on the bears into significant money? I'd be surprised if it that much.

I can sort of understand the stability thing, but hasn't Yan played in the same scheme with the same defensive coordinator since he was drafted? The head coach only changed once in that span. All the turnover has really been on offense.

Maybe he thinks that just firing Coughlin will not change the culture of the team, which may be a legitimate worry, but I think it's just as much risk as going to any other team's culture.

It doesn't grant him anything immediately, but if he has another big season of sacks, pressures, and forced fumbles and his team goes on to the postseason -  the publicity he will gain will translate into endorsements FAR easier and more abundantly than it would playing in Jacksonville. 

The stability thing is about 2021. Do you have any confidence the Jags will have the same coaching staff next year?  Do you even want that?  

I'm not trying to advocate Yannick's side of this thing as righteous. I'm merely trying to identify what I imagine to be his reasoning. I've hoped all along the two sides would iron out a deal and Yan is one of my favorite players. I'm dismayed at his imminent departure. But players have historically opted for larger markets when afforded the opportunity for good reason, and I'm sure those reasons factor into Yan's decision making process as well.

I saw a discussion by Brunell and Pepper on the news yesterday and they did not buy that argument.  And I kind of tend to agree.  He might get some local endorsements, but unless you are JJ Watt or Michael Strahan, how many big money national endorsements are there going to be?  Generally a DE is not going to be the face of the franchise for any major endorsement deals unless he is a perennial All-Pro.  And I just don't see that happening.  If he thinks this, I think it is just another example of him overvaluing himself.

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