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Originally Posted by htismaqe
A long-term deal can be written to protect the team against injuries.
A long-term deal gives them more room to salvage 2019 with other free agents in the event that he gets hurt.
A long-term deal allows them to potentially get a good 2020 and 2021 out of him if he gets hurt.
Tagging him and keeping him has only 2 outcomes - he repeats 2018 or it's a disaster. If he gets hurt, 2019 is yet another wasted year. Pretty soon, Mahomes will be getting a contract and we will be talking about what could have been because this team was noodling around with brokedicks.
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Why would Ford or his agent take any deal that protects against injury for the team? He'll get $19M per year minimum on the market with no strings attached.
Ballard or Dorsey could give him $20M without blinking.