2024 NFL Draft: What would you have done differently?

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Couch-Potato

He's probably worth that $10m.

My thing is you can't hate on players for wanting $ over a ring. You can't eat that ring, and sports contacts are getting huge in recent years! Would any of us give up several million dollars to join a new company because they were the best in their biz? I wouldn't.

Not at all.

The only real problem I have are guys like Hopkins that are just obviously full of shit. Hopkins has ONLY ever cared about money. And I've said it before about him - cool, do your thing man. It's your job, make your money.

But it ain't gonna be here. And don't bitch about not winning when you went to the team most willing to pay you and not the team most ready to win.

If you want to win - go win and don't complain about being underpayed. If you want to make full market value, go get paid and don't complain about not winning.

These are choices you have to make and either of them are defensible. It's the obnoxious hypocrisy that bugs me.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by Couch-Potato

He's probably worth that $10m.

My thing is you can't hate on players for wanting $ over a ring. You can't eat that ring, and sports contacts are getting huge in recent years! Would any of us give up several million dollars to join a new company because they were the best in their biz? I wouldn't.

He really is not.

I don't blame him for trying to get every dime he can, I'm just not interesting in KC paying him what he wants (which is about 2x what he's worth).

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

He really is not.

I don't blame him for trying to get every dime he can, I'm just not interesting in KC paying him what he wants (which is about 2x what he's worth).

He's a tolerable WR2 and ideally situated as a WR3 at this point in his career.

Is that worth $10 million? Maybe to some teams. But not us, IMO.

$6 million with some incentives that can take him to/near $10 million? I might be interested in that. But he just doesn't see himself as a WR 2/3. At least he didn't a year ago. And nothing has changed on the field to indicate he's more than that, IMO.

He would help - no question. At least during Rice's possible suspension and Worthy's learning curve. But he's gonna have a learning curve of his own - has he ever played in a system that uses any of the Reid terminology? I can't recall him playing for a coach from the Reid tree.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

He's a tolerable WR2 and ideally situated as a WR3 at this point in his career.

Is that worth $10 million? Maybe to some teams. But not us, IMO.

$6 million with some incentives that can take him to/near $10 million? I might be interested in that. But he just doesn't see himself as a WR 2/3. At least he didn't a year ago. And nothing has changed on the field to indicate he's more than that, IMO.

He would help - no question. At least during Rice's possible suspension and Worthy's learning curve. But he's gonna have a learning curve of his own - has he ever played in a system that uses any of the Reid terminology? I can't recall him playing for a coach from the Reid tree.

Technically John Harbaugh is from the Reid tree but that means jack shit to knowing the offense.

[Couch-Potato]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

He really is not.

I don't blame him for trying to get every dime he can, I'm just not interesting in KC paying him what he wants (which is about 2x what he's worth).

Personally, I think he's worth a $7-8m deal and would probably be of more use than MVS was. It's not something we're super likely to consider so kind of a mute point. For this year only, I'd probably be willing to give him a $10m incentive driven deal to secure a stronger WR room for a 3-peat run.