(04-20-2024, 11:19 AM)Newton Wrote: I do think that if Trevor takes a team friendly deal with stipulations to get him protection, etc., then we will be in a very powerful position for years to come.

Everyone who wants Trevor to take a 'team friendly deal,' forgets that players are represented by agents; agents that get paid more based on how big the deal is.  There is also what I would call "a competition" amongst players in terms of "how good they are" based on their contract size.

As a Texans fan I watched when Andre Johnson took an extremely team-friendly contract by having his uncle act as his agent.  After a short time, and talking to other players around the league about how underpaid he was, he ended up holding out of TC camp before the team renegotiated his deal.  Andre admitted that he wasn't happy not being there for his team team, that's the type of guy he was, and he came back quickly...but him returning was immediately follow by a new contract. As NYC4jags pointed out, under-paying a top performer can affect the culture of the team.

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