WiscSports1 wrote:RRyder823 wrote:WiscSports1 wrote:
I don't get this perspective? He's not going to get any cheaper and tagging a guy is not a TT move. He rarely ever does it.
This deal is fine. Protect Rodgers at all costs. He's only 24 and clearly getting better. We talk about evaluating Spriggs, but don't forget Bakhtiari was starting as a ROOKIE. He's been that good.
Your making a pretty huge assumption he doesn't come cheaper by waiting. Any kind if injury that keeps him out a week or two lowers his price tag. This is why deals signed this early generally come at a discount because the player is now protected.
The automatic assumption that Bakhtiari would've automatically receive this kind of offer in the offseason is just wrong
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It's far more likely his price goes up than his price goes down due to injury. He's 24. Premier position in NFL. A very good pass protector.
Waiting to sign him would have been a mistake, imo.
It's far more likely it goes down. Unless you think it's far more likely he makes the Pro Bowl versus him getting any injury that sidelines for a couple weeks.
Hell just letting him talk to teams may have held the price down cause unless you think teams were going to be lining up to make him the highest paid player at his position then making the 3rd highest while taking on the added risk of injury and being locked in when it wasn't needed is a horrible idea.
People assuming he was guaranteed to make this much on the open market are making a huge assumption.
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