Post by riczaj01 on Sept 18, 2020 12:01:17 GMT -6
So a few things about this. Arob is asking for 18-20 mil, Bears as pointed out 15-16 mil. He is likely worth that 18 range, not sure the Bears can afford that though. Also apparently it's not that uncommon for teams to be hesitant to pay WR's a big 3rd contract, not saying it doesn't happen, just teams tend to lean away on the 3rd. I would think that is most positions though, at that point you are talking about guys ending the contract in their 30's and the peak tends to be gone and you are paying premium for less then premium pay(TEND not always)
Maybe they can negotiate something in the middle. That doesn't sound like they are crazy far apart. That 16mil vs 18 mil doesn't anyway. Robinson just turned 27 years of age in August. He is just entering his best years... a nice balance between being a savvy veteran but not "old" yet. If the two sides are only 2mil apart my first thought is that a good GM would find some way to bridge that gap to keep a proven player. He signed a $45mil contract for Mike Glennon (granted he was gone in a year and only got $18.5mil guaranteed). But my point is that this isn't a Glennon-type guy. We know what AR delivers. No matter where they end up going with the QB position after this season, it would be a solid decision to have that WR corps anchored by ARob for the next 3 years or so.
Ya I would say they are close. But again I think this goes back to what I said originally, they have set themselves up to offer ARob what they feel they can offer him or move on.
Team seems to want him, but at their price, I don't think it would be hard to move to 16-17mil just a matter of what they want to do, and if they think they can. They might also be asking him to wait just a little bit longer so they can see if they are going to have to pay Mitch, are good w/Foles and a draft pick next year, or will have to over pay for a new QB next year.