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Originally Posted by FringeNC
This is the key point, imo.
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So let's play that out. They tell Veach they want 32.5mm/yr in new money 2 weeks after the Super Bowl which is also ~27.5mm/yr over the next 3 years.
The Chiefs view that as a 32.5mm/yr 2y extension beginning in 2024, but if the Chiefs shop him, does any acquiring team care that he's on the books for ~20mm this year? They just view it as the ability to acquire CJ for 27.5mm/yr over the next 3 years.
So, this is obviously before the Williams and Simmons deal went down to establish that the Donald contract is an outlier that GMs aren't effectively even acknowledging as a baseline.
What are we getting for CJ with those demands? Is anyone giving up a 1st? Mack went for a 2 and a 3 last season for the Chargers to assume a similar-ish sort of salary on a talent-adjusted basis (obviously he's not CJ level). Chubb is younger and a lot less talented and went for a 1 last deadline and he then signed 22mm/yr AAV deal. Off the top of my head the only decent edge rusher trade this offseason was Za'Darius Smith who went for 2 5s.
Is anyone giving up a 1? Would we have traded him for a 2 and a 3? Would this place have melted down if that were the compensation?
Obviously now I think we would've preferred that course.