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Originally Posted by Toad
Sure he could, but there are benefits to him signing a +1 year extension. It allows him to recover in 2021 (at a reduced rate / reduced playing time) and then get paid in 2022 in the added contract year.
A team may not be willing to pay him his full value in 2022 if he cannot fully recover in 2021.
He doesn’t have ANY leverage if he can’t make it on the field...
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Achilles recovery is typically 9 months for athletes.
Terrell Suggs tore his Achilles in 2011 and was back on the field in 5 months.