There is, you want to pay the guy 30m a year for 3 seasons? Thats what you’re upset about here? You want to hand this guy a multi year guaranteed contract? Really?
The huge difference is that Williams, and just about any holdout I can think of, played and contributed to the team prior to their holdout--usually at a high level so there is some sense that the team owes him something. This situation is obviously far different since Reddick has never contributed a play to the NYJ-- Maybe someone can recall a similar situation with another player and organization.
To play here one season. We got this guy for a conditional 3rd next year. If he’s so awesome and deserves 3 years 30m a season guaranteed where were all the other teams lining up? He’s on his 4th team going into his 8th season. He’ll be on 5 different teams come next year. He’s an asshole, PHI knew that and I think JD did as well. He gambled next year’s 3rd rounder that Reddick wouldn’t be willing to throw his career away. It looks like he was wrong about that.
where did I say shit about money? those figures in particular. They arent even talking, we have no idea what the demands are, the fat GM is being petty about a holdout. Players holdout every year
right but Reddick didn't ask to be traded to the Jets. That was Joe Douglas' idea, he should have a fucking plan for the guy before he trades for him. who trades for a player and then refuses to negotiate with that player? if it was a krispy kreme donut he'd be open to negotiation
Yes and he didn't even know what flavor they were. Now he doesn't want to eat his pumpkin spice donut holes.
because reddick was clearly fine with the deal. if not, he would have refused to take a physical. at some point, he changed his mind and it is what it is. jd did the exact same thing the falcons did with judon. this isnt some unprecedented deal.
The falcons knew they could afford Judon. We couldn't afford Reddick when the trade was made. It was never realistic. ATM we don't even have enough space to afford his current contract. JD is going to have to steal from next year to make this happen. Who is our problem. The player everyone knew was going to hold out for a bag, or the GM who brought him to the team, via trade no less? JD doesn't have to worry about setting precedent, its already been set around the league. Top 5 positional players do this stuff, especially if they are older. JD isn't going to be around long enough for any precedent he sets to backfire. And we don't have any older top 5 players to sustain damaging holdouts. The only principal JD is setting is not admitting his mistake. JD started this path so he needs to bite the bullet, borrow another 5-10 million from next year, and offer him it for this season. Or try and deal him. That's the difference between saying your all in and actually being all in. You don't do this in an all in season. We should be focusing on our great roster with a top DE, not trying to set the principal of a GM not having to fix his mistakes.
Unfortunately the lack of preparation has made Reddick a less valuable property at this time. True JD is the cause of the whole mess, but throwing extra money at a product that has declined in value is not a good economic solution IMO. We have to hope Reddick doesn't want to sit out the year and will play at the current rate IMO. At least we have to see how the guys play Game 1 without Reddick to see how bad our situation is. Maybe we can get lucky and hold the ship until midseason when Reddick basically must show up.
JD created this mess and the solution is paying or trading Reddick. It was a desperate move to trade for a guy you basically couldn't afford. But it was an "all in" move. But than he balked at going all in. You know what a solution to Josh Allen is? Reddick. A solution to Tyrek Hill - Reddick. Reddick on the edge and Q in the middle will create jittery QBs every week. That reeks of victory. There is no next year, and the next few years will be mediocre. Our chance to go far is right now. JDs years of work has led to this one season, this is as high as he takes us. How stupid can he be to let this drag out? Superbowls don't care about the economic integrity of a GM. Especially one desperate enough to trade for a player he couldn't afford, and than tries to claim the high ground. They don't give championships for that.
every team in the league restructures contracts and uses void years to create cap space, including the falcons. they just restructured chris lindstroms contract to make room for judon. youre right, the precedent for older pass rushers has been set around the league. the falcons didnt give judon a multi-year deal, and the vikings didnt give danielle hunter a multi-year deal last year.
I just saw that the jets restructured Quincy and Conklin, creating 8 mil in space… something coming up?
