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Originally Posted by -King-
 injuries happen in football. And despite that he was still good. Dude had one of the best runs in football history and has a down year now it's "he fell off the map"
Using this logic, I don't get why people want to even pay Chris Jones $25 mil a year. If he's going to fall off the map when he turns 30, what's the point? |
He played in 11 games before getting hurt and got 5 sacks. So he was on pace to get 8 sacks if he was healthy. Is that worth the $27 million cap hit they were giving him?
And I'm glad you brought up injuries. Dedicating that much to a single player that isn't a QB is a gigantic risk, especially one that is on a 3rd contract.
We saw what that looked like with Frank Clark. You saw what that looked like for the Bills last year too. Chris Jones age alone would be a factor here. Historically DT's starting declining around 30-31. A long term deal risks that.
How often do 3rd contracts work out for DL? JJ Watt? Nope. Von Miller so far? Nope. Aaron Donald so far? Nope.
Everybody wants to be the Patriots dynasty. Well hanging onto old players isn't how you do what the Patriots did.