(05-20-2024, 04:49 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(05-20-2024, 04:11 PM)mikesez Wrote: Unlikely but not impossible, I said.  They'd get $40k per carry as well.  A 4th round pick is currently getting $1 million per year, and they're stuck making that regardless of if they outperform it. They could make more money once they get that 26th carry.  

They wouldn't do it for Saquon.  They'd do it for themselves.

Nah 

"Good enough" RBs are in surplus. Ain't no way they all screw themselves out of opportunity that way. Too many others ready to step up and cross the picket line. And the vast majority know they won't get a second contract and don't care. 

They'd be happy to get a cheap rookie deal and pray they get that little 2 year vet minimum extension should they prove worthy. 

Look at it like a possible 3 million on the rookie deal and maybe 4-8 mil more if extended VS. zero NFL money and scrambling around the B-leagues for peanuts. 

3 million with a chance to turn it into 7 mil or more is gonna be too attractive to unionize over for a bunch of 21 year old athletes.