Originally Posted by Dylan (Post 12385623)

What team in their right mind would select Bosa in the first round after sitting out an entire season?

Originally Posted by Chief Pagan (Post 12385774)

Because you would be afraid he wouldn't sign or because he would have lost his football skills?

He could still work out for teams next spring, right? You could talk to him and his agent and agree on what the contract would be before you draft him.

Get a potential top 5 talent (I'm assuming this is the case, I don't know anything about his ability) at the end of the first round? Sounds like a good gamble (Dorsey has taken similar gambles that have paid off).

Originally Posted by jspchief (Post 12386040)

https://twitter.com/JasonColeBR/stat...040200193?s=09

Fwiw, of 75 players drafted No. 1 to No. 5 from 1999 to 2013, offset language would have applied to 1 player: Cedric Benson.

Originally Posted by Gadzooks (Post 12386048)

That's worth nothing.

Originally Posted by jspchief (Post 12386040)

https://twitter.com/JasonColeBR/stat...040200193?s=09

Fwiw, of 75 players drafted No. 1 to No. 5 from 1999 to 2013, offset language would have applied to 1 player: Cedric Benson.

Originally Posted by jspchief (Post 12386062)

Why? It simply demonstrates how often offset language actually matters.

Originally Posted by Gadzooks (Post 12386124)

Anything prior to the 2013 CBA is useless, (I should have been more specific).

Originally Posted by Gadzooks (Post 12386124)

Anything prior to the 2013 CBA is useless, (I should have been more specific).

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud (Post 12386137)

Do you mean the 2011 CBA?

:p

Originally Posted by BossChief (Post 12385771)

SD put a "I'm stupid" sign around their neck with this whole thing.

Why draft a kid at 3rd overall that you feel you have a good chance of cutting in 2 years?

A good enough chance of cutting that you insist on language in the contract that protects you incase you want to cut him?

They should be forced to sell.

Originally Posted by Dylan (Post 12385623)

I do not know anything about the wealth of his family. If that is the case, why play football? Bosa should just go and work for his family because any way you slice it, San Diego has the advantage.

The trade deadline passed, therefore he has one option - Sign or sit out the season and lose millions of dollars. What team in their right mind would select Bosa in the first round after sitting out an entire season?

I agree with everyone who called him selfish. Walking away from almost $19 million on the table at age 20-21 years old is absurd.

Meanwhile, the other 31 teams are breathing a sigh of relief that they did not select him in the first round.

Just my opinion.

Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 12385710)

To me, both sides are idiots in this. Bosa will likely lose $10+ million if he sits out for the year, and the Chargers will have effectively had their 1st round draft pick stripped. It's dumbfounding that they can't reach an agreement.

Originally Posted by WhiteWhale (Post 12384153)

As far as I understand top draft picks get a choice between deferred language or the bonus up front.

Chargers continue to offer neither, so they can protect themselves.

The way it's being framed in the media, which obviously supports the NFL, is that Bosa is simply demanding his full bonus up front when he's essentially asking for the same thing every other player at his draft slot has received since 2012 and what 95% of draft picks in the top 3 rounds have received in the same span.

50% up front with offset language is a bad rookie deal for Bosa, and that's what had been offered. The new offer was basically the same thing with 60% up front.

The chargers, as usual, have been active in smearing Bosa and setting the narrative that he's just a greedy asshole. The truth is they're just squeezing pennies because their shit organization is broke.