Post by hawkeye21 on Feb 8, 2017 9:30:42 GMT -6
OK. Lets say the Bears do tag Jeffery and it cost them 17 million. So what? Does that destroy the Bear's cap space and screw up their ability to keep the team together? We would have to look forward to which players need to be resigned in the next couple years and have an idea of what the cap is going to be in the future. If it doesn't affect any of that then who cares. Why do fans care so much about what a player makes if it's not affecting the rest of the team? Is it jealousy? Is it just that they don't think a player deserves it based on their stats?
It's the team's money, not ours, so stop worrying about it.
As for tagging Jeffery again...all it does is kick the can down the road again, and all it's likely to do is cost the Bears more money...again! If they would have signed him to an extension two years ago it would have cost them less per year than it did to tag him this year, and the same goes if that happens again this year. Salaries in the NFL will continue to rise, and Alshon's talent will continue to be in demand as he is still a young player. Just looking ahead to 2018, assuming Pitt resigns Brown, Alshon will once again be the best available receiver in free agency...unless you want to make an argument for Davante Adams. Either way he'd be top 2 at minimum. The leverage once again belongs to him.
So you're in favor of signing him long term or letting him go?