(04-24-2020, 04:39 PM)HURRICANE!!! Wrote:

(04-23-2020, 10:54 PM)Bullseye Wrote: One of my arguments against trading Ramsey was even with the extra first round picks dealing him provided, it was far from guaranteed we'd get players close in quality to Ramsey.

We now have one of the picks from the Ramsey deal:  K'Lavon Chaisson.

Now perhaps I may be wrong about this.  God knows I hope I am.  He does have more of a burst than Barkevious Mingo.  But This pick doesn't come close to recoouping value for Ramsey.

For that matter, neither does reaching for Henderson at 9.

I noticed the above post makes no mention of the financial impact of Ramsey.  Were you willing to make him the highest paid DB in the history of the NFL?  You know that's coming and you know he will not play under a franchise after then 2020 season.  

Perhaps someone already made note of this as I didn't go through all the responses.

Yes this was addressed elsewhere in the thread...by anonymous later on...here in fact.  #108


To save you the search...short answer...

Absolutely.

You have to pay for and reward excellent production.

Do you know why the Steelers were able to go to three Super Bowls since 2005?  In large part because they extended great players like Big Pen, Polamalu, and Pouncey.  Know why the Ravens have had so much success over the years?  Because they were willing to retain great players like Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, and Terrell Suggs, while adding guys like Haloti Ngata to fill in around them.

You won't be able to keep every great player..but you have to keep some.

Simply being content drafting mere good players at best to avoid big contracts guarantees mediocrity.

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