(12-15-2023, 01:43 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: OBJ signed a 1 year 15 mil deal coming off an injury at age 30.  There is half a season to be played and possibly the playoffs to determine what Ridley makes.  Can't put a price on it yet.  Hopefully he closes the season with high level play

Exactly. Plenty of football left for Ridley to play like a lost cause or elevate his play and thus his value. That was the risk this team took last year when they traded for him. I still don't think we'd have to break the bank for him next year to keep him here.

They may even work something out to game the system and trade deal language to where they lose one of their two third round picks anyways. We can thank the Chiefs for that one. They took a huge burden off of our hands with Taylor and we're both in the same boat eight months later. 

It's [BLEEP] hilarious. This is why I appreciate and respect some of the things Baalke has done in the trading market and free agency market but he falls a little short in the drafting arena. We just need another layer I think to help us out with a better set of eyes and feel for that aspect of this business and we'd probably turn some of this [BLEEP] around quickly by next year instead of waiting after big extensions are doled out and we're hampered already looking at 2025 and 2026.

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