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Would you rather
draft Manziel/keep Alex this year and negotiate next year with him or tag him next year...if Andy feels he can get everything Alex gives us out of Manziel (or at least a reasonable amount) 2 years from now (or sooner if Alex gets injured) you have a very young starter FOR DIRT CHEAP. In this scenario, we have Alex and Johnny for AT LEAST the next 2 seasons.
Or
Sign Alex Smith to a market value deal right now. Cutler has the same agent as Alex Smith, Matt Ryan, Matt Stafford and Drew Brees...so we can expect Condon to be asking for comparable numbers...15-18 million per year.
If we take Manziel and it works out with him as the starter over the course of the next two years, that gives the team an additional 13-16 million per year to continue to build this roster with.
I really liked how Alex Smith has stepped up, but these guys preach BPA as their philosophy and they are replaced Albert with Fisher and this is probably a comparable scenario.
All in all, it's fun to think about but these guys are all in with Alex and they wouldn't take Manziel, even if they thought he would be really good.
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