If we were gonna trade him, we wouldn't have tendered him at a first rounder...we would have tendered him at a 2nd or went another direction in trying to get some compensation for him.
I think we are giving him one more chance and if he performs at the level of expectations, we will franchise him next year and keep him or trade him for premium compensation.
Would you want to be stuck with Williams, Belcher and Mays at ILB with basically no depth to start the year?
I wouldn't.
He may not be consistent and has obvious weakness', but he is the best ILB we have at the moment.
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