(02-01-2024, 05:26 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(01-30-2024, 09:26 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: No I didn't, you read into what I said what you wanted to read. I said that Bosa's contract is a baseline (Webster's says "a minimum or starting point used for comparisons") for new deals and that his agents should approach it that way. You're the one who got off on the "highest paid player" and "we should just tag him" nonsense; I said hard balling your great players is bad for your reputation as a franchise, which it is. Guess you should of spent more time on reading comprehension.

Edit: As I said, an entire thread just to strawman my position without the stones to put my name in the OP. Lol.

You are the strawman, it was no strawman position.  I said I'd give him a offer yet if his camp wants to be the highest paid defensive player i would tag him.  I wouldn't make him the highest paid defensive player in the league.  That's not hard balling when you give him a fair offer, him wanting to be the highest paid player would be hard balling when he's not the best defensive player in the league.

There's a good chance he's going to wait and see what Danielle Hunter ends up getting. Now, granted, there's a three year age difference between the two of them, but, he could use Hunter's per year average as his reference point or leverage to get exactly what he's looking for. 

Hunter's probably going to get a deal that gives him a four year contract damn near worth $85M - $95M. This would give him a pretty high yearly earning in the $21M to $23M range. I could see Josh shooting for something similar, just a little longer in contract length with obviously more value on it. 

Thus, $135M over 6 years giving him a $22M yearly average.

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