I wonder if the interviewer will ask him these questions. I'm guessing not...
I don't see him in the same vain, at least yet. The guy clearly just overplayed his hand and is now on some semblance of damage control to try to drive a deal to the finish line, whether here or elsewhere. Assuming the report that he's looking at other teams and doesn't want fully guaranteed is true, that seems like a clear admission that he's looking for basically ANY deal out there close to his price range because he does not want to play on the tag.
Yeah he's not in that vein yet. I just hope he rights the ship and gets back on track and doesn't descend further into this NFLPA vs the league shit storm. Because if he does, I think he could end up like them.
Steve and his team are respected throughout the NFL and business worlds as doing things the right way and treating all of their employees with respect. It's only a select few that feel any other way, those feelings are strictly personal and aren't based on any facts.
I’m having terrible flashbacks to when a lot of us listened to Le’Veon Bell’s song on Spotify to see if he was signing with the Ravens lol
so basically the less fortunate people arent sympathetic towards the fortunate ones? Lol. man idk how people could live with such a miserable state of mind
I mean... have you looked around? You really think poor people are sympathetic towards rich people who are bitching about $ of literally any kind?
I don’t think you have to be in a miserable state of mind to not be sympathetic towards Lamar’s situation. I mean think about it. Dude made $23 mil. last year, apparently turned down a 5 year extension with $175 mil. guaranteed regardless of injury. $200 mil. guaranteed if he’s on the roster 5 days into the 2026 league year.
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That’s facts bro that’s exactly who Lamar has reminded me of throughout this. Yeah he hasn’t sat out a year yet but… damn.
The way they (apparently) weren't just negotiating for themselves but also for a principle/for other players is definitely a similarity. Bell was trying to argue that RBs, pass catchers especially, were underpaid and he lost a lot of money because of it. Lamar's already probably a little behind in potential career earnings because he's left it so long.
Pretty much. I think the time to take this "stance" was 2022, which they did.
...unless he knuckles under, arrives for training camp, plays a stellar, injury-free year, and gets deeper into the Playoffs or wins a superBowl and then he's got his bargaining position back. Short of that, he is not going to get the Haslam treatment and just have money thrown at him.
Yeah. While it would suck for us and go against his pact with EDC, it's probably the only thing that's going to accelerate this at this point. I think the one quote in there about a team that would be interested in him having 0 contact with him to this point is pretty damning. Sounds like that might be changing with the reports coming out of yesterday, but still not a good look if a team doesn't even want to reach out because they have no idea where to even start because his circle is so tight. Nice to have that but if you want the big bucks, you gotta make moves yourself and that's the big miss with Lamar and his lack of agent. Greatly misplayed how he thought the process would go.
SB win, maybe.
For me, he's smart to not post the #, because I think he realizes there's no way he "wins" by doing that publicly. Anybody important within the NFL already knows what the # is, and the public will rally against him if he does.
You think they know his number? I would imagine they would, but reading reports like the above makes me think twice. Lamar has definitely handled this in an odd way so maybe they don’t know …. I do agree , He doesn’t need to post the number on Twitter, but I’m sure there’s a way for him privately to get the numbers out to interested GMs so they at least have a starting point.