(04-21-2018, 01:59 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(04-21-2018, 09:46 AM)Bullseye Wrote: Give me option A.

This is a team close to the Super Bowl.  His presence on the roster could help us get there.  He had two sacks against the Patriots in the AFC title game, and now they are without Nate Solder.  He could be huge against the Patriots here in week 2, and more important should Campell and/or Ngakoue get hurt.

If he leaves as a UFA, we could get a compensatory pick for him as high as a 3rd round pick, anyway.

But how much longer do we keep a 32 year old Calais Campbell?

Until he shows signs of slowing down. He had a career year. You certainly can't get rid of him, just because he's older.

So we don't sign Fowler to an extension, he and Campbell play well this year, Fowler walks in 2019, Campbell falls off, then what?  We have a declining, expensive player on the roster in 19, but lose a young, still well in his prime player?

For that matter, if he doesn't win Defensive player of the year award this year, does that mean he's slowing down?

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