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Originally Posted by TwistedChief
It's simple to say "just pay him," but there has to be a limit on that. He's looking to get more 5-6mm AAV more than the next highest paid guy.
The only reason this is even a potential level he could reach is because the Rams were stupid and insanely desperate with Aaron Donald in structuring his contract. CJ is pointing to that outlier and using it as some sort of baseline, and Veach would be an idiot to blindly validate that just because "we could" in theory make it work. That's not the way to sustainably run a team.
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Very much like the QB market post Watson contract. Just because Cleveland did a terrible contract does not mean other teams will follow suit, and they didn't.
The Donald contract is a little more understandable considering he is a 3 time DPOY, one of the best to ever play the position, a first ballot HOF player on a "win now" team. They paid him now and worried about the repercussions later. The Rams strategy is not one teams should mimic.