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Originally Posted by Oldcolt
So Irsay says he takes care of his old players. Not one player has spoken up to say this isn't true. Name a player Irsay has screwed financially. He even gave Luck what, 26 million after he left. Taylor is an idiot for his stand.
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I think Taylor and other top RB's are kind of correct and I can empathize. I mean, who was the one superstar we had to let go? Edge, the RB. But at some point, you're just bitching that the sky is blue. You can't change it unless you change the game.
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Originally Posted by Chromeburn
This whole situation is bizarre. It seems so out of character for JT, he didn’t seem like a diva at all. No team is going to pay a RB 16 million a year, not JT, especially coming off an injury. I actually think the Colts would pay him 12 or 13 a year if he played out his contract and acted in good faith. I don’t know if he is acting on his agents advice or this is really him.
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I have a hard time believing this is not a Don King type of situation. JT is smart, but that would be some truly duplicitous behavior if he's just been fake the whole time.
100% his best route was to play out the contract in good faith.
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Originally Posted by ChoppedWood
Just heard on the radio, agent basically has two "prime" time guys under contract. Shaq Leonard, and then some OL I can't even recall the name of and certainly was not someone that I said "oh yeah, he's solid".
Apparently it was between this guy and Rosenhaus and he chose this dude.
At one time Leonard was considered on par with the icons, Butkus, Singletary, Lewis, Willis. He was putting up numbers that were in some cases unheard of. He was rewarded with a $19M per year contract- which was warranted before he was injured. I am sure this guy is looking at that contract he negotiated with this same team and telling JT he can do the same for him, just trust him.
These situations aren't even close to one another:
He was injured before contract year, he had an underwhelming year, and there's no tape to show this ankle injury won't cause him to perform similarly this year to last. No on is paying RB's shit.
How can JT not see this for what it is?
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It's beyond the point because we all seem to understand the reality of the RB position, but...
People even complain about Leonard getting paid at his position. And there is merit to it. But I agree with the signing because Leonard was so versatile and making game-altering impacts to games at a rate we haven't seen.
And it was four consecutive All-Pro level seasons (his full rookie deal honored, by the way). That's a far cry from JT who is a year early from honoring his contract and a year late trying to use '21 as leverage.