Hoge & Jahns with Josh Lucas Video Comments: DEFENSE

Most players offered a second contract don't live up to the contract. Find the studies, they are out there. Injuries mount, schemes change, the players they line up next to are different....there are many reasons why, included is "getting paid has a effect." All of that is true.

BUT

If you don't pay market value (and yes I know we disagree on the meaning of market value in the NFL on this board), some other team will. If Poles goes to JJ and says, we aren't going to offer $20mil+ because we think after you sign that we'll get $15mil returned in effort JJ isn't signing here. Because some team out will offer $20mil+. Its easy to say just draft another CB and harder to do in real life. CB is a premium position with the emphasis placed on the passing game. Got to resign him unless he wants crazy money.

With the benefit of hindsight we fans will know in a few years if it was a good signing. We loved the Jackson signing (yes I realize that you, specific poster that you are, will claim that you have reservations about it and you maybe even mentioned it in an offhand backwards way) at the time, locking up a good young safety. Same will happen to any contract JJ signs.