(01-01-2024, 01:58 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: He's going to get a mega deal.

The question in my mind is will this owner and FO attempt to use this season's struggles from Lawrence as leverage to shave off 20 or 30 million or do you just pay him what you think he's really going to be worth to this franchise in the coming years?

Personally - I think that if you give Lawrence the 16th best OL in the league instead of the 32nd, he might still not be perfect, but he'll be much, much better. So I don't have much trepidation associated with paying him big money.

Whatever they do - I hope it is a long term deal so they can move money around in resructures easily to maintain the roster.

The 16th best OLine will cost us. So if we have the highest paid QB, and a high paid OLine, other pieces will suffer (receivers, defense, etc). 

So then the question becomes two fold:

1. Will our scouting teams, coaches, and GM be able to find and develop talent knowing they can't buy stars at those positions. 
2. Will Trevor and a quality OLine be enough to take us to the promised land.

Our scouting team and GM have so far proven to be fairly poor at doing point 1. I don't know if we've seen Trevor with a average-to-great OLine to make a true determination on point 2. Ultimately means paying Trevor megabucks has a decent sized risk associated with it.

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