This is MJD's own fault.  All stems back to when he signed his 2nd contract with one year left on his rookie deal.  Even then the contract we gave him made him one of the highest paid RBs in the NFL.  But if he had waited a year, he would have had all the leverage and could have got an even bigger deal.  From his point of view there was risk with that.  He had never been the feature back and there is always the injury risk.  So he signed his 2nd deal early and took less money to avoid that risk.  Then his contract fell behind market value for an elite contract so he pouted and sat out.  And now we did him wrong?  No chance.

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