(05-23-2024, 02:50 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(05-23-2024, 02:19 PM)OG-JAGFAN Wrote: I say wait to pay him.

A. We have him for the next 4 years regardless.  You can extend this out with the franchise tag and such for about another 4 years
B. I for one am not 100% sold he is worth the money. I am no blind homer and see there are some big holes in his game.  He is a good QB but not Great IMO.

You tag Lawrence and he won't play here again. He'll be traded to a team that will gladly send picks and pay him all the while laughing at the fools here who just sent their franchise back into the septic tank.

This is what I don’t get by most takes that say wait to pay him. If that is someone’s assessment of Lawrence, then I would assume they think it 50/50 or worse that he will pan out as a franchise QB. If so, wouldn’t the best option for those then be to trade him so you can get maximum return right now when they think it would as likely for him to fail with more time? 

The idea or wanting the “sure 80% or more bet” is silly, and causes more problems in the long run.

I mean disagree with that assessment, but if that is your assessment why not just go the whole way with it.

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