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Originally Posted by O.city
If Jones was a FA, he'd get Aaron Donald money.
When they're the centerpiece of a defense, yeah, they have some leverage.
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Playoff teams mostly have a star qb soaking up a lot of payroll. That’s where a guy about to turn 30 comes in handy. To put a good team over the top quickly. That’s a huge shift from last year where many of these guys played for free.
Raw teams won’t want to give up picks and may not want a guy who can’t help them 3 years down the road.
That kind of puts him in no man’s land especially if it takes high picks to move him. And even tougher because there’s a gigantic difference between negotiating at 29 vs 30, which might be an understated reason why both sides are firmly standing their ground.