See I don't really disagree with what most of you are saying. I'm just saying that I doubt any executive sees the prospect of paying any player whose not a quarterback 23 million dollars as obvious. That's all I'm saying. I think it would be highly irresponsible to make decisions thinking like that. This is why as much as I think it makes a lot of sense to trade up for Ceedee Lamb, I'm not the GM lol. And I'm not saying the rest of you are acting like you are. I'm just saying I don't think Eric thinks this is an obvious decision as in he doesn't really have to think about it. Just my perspective
I don't disagree. If the Ravens offered Stanley $23M two months ago, he would have signed in 5 seconds (assuming length and guaranteed money was on par). But that changes now.
It's entirely possible that it becomes a Mosley situation... the market just gets out of hand. He hits FA next year, we don't franchise, and he gets $25M offers from other teams. Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.
I also wouldn't be surprised if he signed long term at or maybe even a little less than what Tunsil got. I think it'll have a 2 in front of it, but if he signed for $20-21M a year too, it wouldn't surprise me.
I do have a hard time understanding this idea from some fans of taking a "hard stance" on certain numbers. Like you're OK with 22M, but 24M is too high. What are you going to do with the extra 2M? Its one thing if you have the guy valued at 20 and somebody offers 25+.
I also think fans pretend like these decisions are made with every guy on the roster. That if you pay 10% more for every player than you wanted to, you'll end up broke. I don't see that. I'm pretty sure when discussing the latest CBA, people had stats that like over 60% of your roster was made up of guys on rookie or UDFA deals, meaning they're already largely at pre-determined slots.