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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Yeah - Jackson ****ed up BIGGLY.
Stanley has age and durability concerns that might've held back his value on the market. I don't think he'd have killed what he got even in this market.
Jackson would've had a stronger market than Dan Moore and potentially by a fair bit. Could've gotten another couple million a year and maybe even another year if he wanted it.
I just don't understand how anybody (Bolton included) would play their way to FA status and then not at least test the market. He had to have seen the amount of available cap out there.
He may have left $50 million on the table.
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I don't know if he did **** up per se`. You look at 57.5/3 vs 82/4 and it's just as simple as adding a 3rd year at 25m to Alaric's deal. The Rams can get out of the deal after 2 years, so that helps them. Alaric hits the market again at 28 going on 29, which means one more likely big payday, so he's also betting more on himself.
Was Alaric worth a bit more on the open market? Maybe. I think he might have got a bit more, something like 21-22m AAV on the open market. If Alaric does really well on this deal, he might be gaining a lot more than 6m on his next deal.