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Originally Posted by BossChief
I guess I just don’t understand why they dont lower their asking price to what somebody is willing to pay. Even if it’s only a 4th or 5th…that’s better than having him catch passes from a back up qb in a throw away year and you can use that pick up improve the future of your team and it opens up future cap space and reps for younger players at the same time.
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Because they put themselves in a vice. His contract value is too high, teams know they'll eventually have to cut him but know they can't do it now because of the dead cap hit. Teams are just going to wait and see if they can get him for nothing. For all we know, the Cardinals reduced their asking price and still nobody is interested. If teams truly think the Cardinals have backed themselves in a corner, they'll wait for "free" before they give up draft picks, even 4th or 5th rounders.
And the reason I say that is because teams know they're trading draft picks for the privilege of immediately trying to negotiate a price reduction with Hopkins and his agent. It's just not a situation teams want to be a part of.