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Originally Posted by Lil Pedro
Pay this man
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Normally I would side with the team in a situation like this I kind of feel the 5th year option shouldn't apply to RB's. If he plays out this year he will be 27 years old going into free agency which is already pretty close to when teams start nickel and diming running backs knowing their productivity is going to start dropping off so he basically will have no chance of getting that big lucrative deal especially given his injury history. The problem for Gordon is that we all know how it turned out for Bell in sitting out he basically lost a year's pay and ended up getting a deal in free agency from the Jets that was no better than he would have got playing last year for the Steelers. When Bell's career is over he's probably going to look back at the millions lost and regret the decision. Gordon isn't even at Bell's level so I just don't see how sitting out and losing $5.6 million is viable for him. I have to assume he's going to eventually report if the Chargers call this bluff.