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Originally Posted by htismaqe
When a player gets traded, especially for multiple high picks, they suddenly want to get paid. I wonder why that is?
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That's the other issue - Burns and his reps aren't stupid. They are gonna leverage the hell out of the draft value you gave up to get him and threaten to hold out.
He'll have the 4 years he needs to have to gain UFA status. Now it could potentially be an idle threat, but he COULD sit out through week 8, return in week 9 to 'honor' the 5th year option and then refuse to sign the franchise tender the following year.
And if you've given up that kind of capital for him, you're up shits creek - you've gotta get a deal done.
And again, the alternative just isn't much prettier. Play on the 5th and the tag and you're entering FA having just used up $36 million of cap space. If you're the
Chiefs you may be better off just getting the LTC done, lowering that first year cap hit to $8 millionish, probably $20 millionish in year two and $28 million in year 3 before some outs.
The fact that it's a close question either way demonstrates how little value there actually is in that 5th year option and his franchise tag season.