(09-02-2018, 08:12 PM)imtheblkranger Wrote:

(09-01-2018, 08:58 PM)TurndownforWatt Wrote: He will want whatever the market says he's worth..why the heck wouldn't he???

I think Ngakoue might be a little more willing to take a hometown discount than Jalen would. 

But it won't be a substantial deviation from market value. I also don't picture him holding out for a deal like Mack and Donald but you never know

If Ngakoue or Jalen ever wants that kind of money, we'd have to do what the Raiders did. It kills me to say that and I desperately want to keep these guys as long as possible, but such a contract for a small market team like us, would severely limit our ability to put an entire team of good players on the field. That is why great drafting is so important to our franchise. We hit home runs by selecting Ngakoue, Jalen, Myles, Leonard and hopefully Jacobs. We MUST continue this trend to stay competitive, because we cannot afford to pay the hundreds of millions of dollars now give to players at premier positions.

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