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(8 hours ago)Clark W Griswold Wrote: I think the FO was unprepared for the rise in salaries for the top edge rushers. They probably did tell Trey last year that they would extend him this offseason but they did not plan or anticipate the market to be $30-35 million per year.
This is another mess up by the FO that they now do not have a solid plan to fix. They probably figured $25-28 million per year would get it done. I would guess that the number they are still offering. Knowing how the FO works and reading this quote form Trey makes me believe they are low-balling him for sure:
“I'm not going to apologize for the rates of the defensive ends being paid in the National Football League”
Salaries always go up. Waiting with Chase costed more. I could do more examples.
Maybe they have no intent to keep Trey past this year? They appear to be trying to draft his replacement.