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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
I think what his agent did was simply refuse to alter course.
I really think they expected that Williams, Simmons, Lawrence and Payne would end up pushing the DT market up nearer $27 million in AAV and then he'd argue that they should split the difference between that and Donald and settle in at $29/$30 million.
But when the market simply didn't do that and slotted nearer $23/24 million for similarly effective DTs this off-season, Jones and his agent simply ignored it.
They're operating in a world where the DT market was re-set by the young DTs that signed this offseason and ultimately that just didn't happen. And they're refusing to acknowledge it.
So maybe they weren't truly 'dishonest' - maybe they were flat-ass wrong. And that's gonna happen when you're a noob agent who doesn't have the contacts in this league to know how the market is going to settle in. Now I think the agent is guilty of failing to manage client expectations and has put himself firmly up shit's creek.
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I've always kinda wondered how that dynamic goes when you overpromise and underdeliver as an agent.
It's kinda your job to figure that shit out before we get to this point. Then when push comes to shove....why would you dig in?
I just don't understand here with what the Chiefs likely want to pay to keep Jones around and with all the equity he has with the team, why he wouldn't want to take what he can and stay.