http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/26711...ecord-deal

The Miami Dolphins are making young star Xavien Howard the NFL's highest paid cornerback with a five-year, $76.5 million deal that has $46 million guaranteed.

This becomes the bar now for Ramsey's negotiations.

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Jalen is happy

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Miami is always screwing us over. This is going to be a cap nightmare.

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A True Fan ladies and gentlemen:

Ramsey for Grier straight up

Nothing unexpected here.
Folks have been predicting Ramsey's next contract to be north of that figure for some time anyway.

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Miami is always screwing us over. This is going to be a cap nightmare.

That is why I consider drafting a CB in the first round of next year's draft. Some people are gonna hate my strategy, but I agree with the way the Patriots run their team. If a guy prices himself out of what I consider his worth is, I trade him. There is no way I spend that much on a CB, especially since I believe Jalen will want considerably more. He's a great player, but that's just too much money and I believe he could get us a considerable amount back, via a trade. I either trade him after the season for a 1st, a 3rd and possibly a veteran player or I franchise him after the 2020 season and trade him. Bouye is signed through 2021, so we should still be in decent shape with him and a rookie in place.

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Miami is always screwing us over. This is going to be a cap nightmare.

That is why I consider drafting a CB in the first round of next year's draft. Some people are gonna hate my strategy, but I agree with the way the Patriots run their team. If a guy prices himself out of what I consider his worth is, I trade him. There is no way I spend that much on a CB, especially since I believe Jalen will want considerably more. He's a great player, but that's just too much money and I believe he could get us a considerable amount back, via a trade. I either trade him after the season for a 1st, a 3rd and possibly a veteran player or I franchise him after the 2020 season and trade him. Bouye is signed through 2021, so we should still be in decent shape with him and a rookie in place.

When was the last time the Patriots drafted a player as high profile as Jalen Ramsey? They work based on a system, not individual talent. We've quite literally built our defense based on an opposite principle.

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... cap nightmare.

That is why I consider drafting a CB in the first round of next year's draft. Some people are gonna hate my strategy, but I agree with the way the Patriots run their team. If a guy prices himself out of what I consider his worth is, I trade him. There is no way I spend that much on a CB, especially since I believe Jalen will want considerably more. He's a great player, but that's just too much money and I believe he could get us a considerable amount back, via a trade. I either trade him after the season for a 1st, a 3rd and possibly a veteran player or I franchise him after the 2020 season and trade him. Bouye is signed through 2021, so we should still be in decent shape with him and a rookie in place.

I'd take a somewhat similar approach, but I'd give Jalen the big contract, draft a rookie early, and move on from Bouye instead. 
Jags can save 11.5 mil by releasing (or trading) Bouye after the 2019 season.

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Id wait till the end of this season or at least later in the season to see what kind of year Ramsey has before I make my decision. No point of giving him a contract right now as he has 2 years left. I'd be looking to give Yannick his extension

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https://twitter.com/Demetrius82/status/1...9692249088

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I’m paying Jalen regardless.

He’s your star defensive player for the next 8 years

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