Think of it like this: If you were shopping for a home for your family and your buddies went with you one day, and they kept telling you to buy a particular house that would be an awesome bachelor pad, you might respond with, "I came into this looking for a house for my family, and I am going to leave with a house for my family."  Sometimes you have to turn your friends down.  

 

I have no problem  with a player understanding that the NFL is a business and he should try to get the best deal for himself, with the caveat that he doesn't check out after a big payday.  Malik noted several times in that article that he wasn't being paid for what he did, but what he will do, and that he needs to earn every penny of it.  

 

My favorite line was:

Quote:"You still have to play. I have to go earn all of it. It's six years, 42-45 [million dollars] guaranteed. I want 90 of it. I want all 90. So I have six years to go out there and earn it.
 

 

He still seems hungry to prove himself.  We'll see how it translates in the future, but I am not going to worry about a guy that is making logical cents (pun intentional).  

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