02-20-2024, 10:45 AM -
As I've said multiple times over the past season ..... Burns is wanting to be paid like a Top-5 End-Edge guy. That is what all the stink was about last year. The problem is --- Burns is NOT a Top-5 player. Yes, he is GOOD. Yes, we do need him, OR someone like him. What we don't need is to way overspend on a player (any player) who has acknowledged that he played last year with very little incentive, and could have done much better. Why, WHY would we want to reward this guy after last year.???
My thinking is "Tag him and trade him" as I've mentioned here several times. Advantages accrue to us like this: We don't have to pay an exorbitant salary to a player who admits he "slacks off". We recapture cap monies for this year (probably -- depending on terms of the trade). We gain players or draft picks.
When would it happen..??? ¿Quien sabe? It might NOT happen. Burns could refuse to sign the tag (remember Josh Norman..??) and he would then have to sit out a complete season...(MAYBE - depending on which 'tag' was used..). Not likely, but still.....
My thinking is "Tag him and trade him" as I've mentioned here several times. Advantages accrue to us like this: We don't have to pay an exorbitant salary to a player who admits he "slacks off". We recapture cap monies for this year (probably -- depending on terms of the trade). We gain players or draft picks.
When would it happen..??? ¿Quien sabe? It might NOT happen. Burns could refuse to sign the tag (remember Josh Norman..??) and he would then have to sit out a complete season...(MAYBE - depending on which 'tag' was used..). Not likely, but still.....
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