Regarding Ridley, should he be considering the value of playing on a contender and becoming a potential name in a community after retirement by sticking somewhere versus bouncing around and potentially playing with a bottom feeder? Of course if the chefs offer him a top of market deal, all bets are off, but if it's between us, the Pats and the Panthers or something similar and we're $2 million less per year than the top bid, is that enough for him to forgo a potential championship run(s) and becoming a local celeb for years to come (with local endorsement money even into retirement if he wants it, maybe even national endorsement money if we get the rings) versus being forgotten about here in 5-10 years? I know it's a bit bird in the hand vs two in the bush, but what do we think the value of that is? It's hopefully worth something to him. I think a less than top of market offer to Ridley is probably plan A and Gabe is probably plan B at a presumably much lower cost.

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