[Valiant]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

I mean, this is a strange argument you're making. Of course that money is gone. He didn't sign the tag so he never earned it. But the idea is for him to recoup that loss in future earnings while not risking further injury and damaging the potential to cash out on said future earnings.

He could have signed the initial contract offer and suffered a career ending injury then he'd only earn $10m in the long run.

He could have signed the franchise tag and suffered a career ending injury and only earned $14m.

Or he could sit out this season, avoiding all risk of further injury, and sign a mega contract worth far, far more than that initial lowball offer the Steelers put on the table. In this case, he's likely to make back that $14m plus more in just guaranteed dollars alone.

This.