One thing about JG is that he bets on himself. I don't think he is sweating an 8th year of guaranteed premium salary because in his mind, he will probably still be able to make a case for it after 7 years.
It's not without risk because injuries happen and players decline, but he doesn't seem like the kind of guy that worries about "what ifs". He could have signed an extension sooner, but he bet on himself and now stands to make tens of millions more because of it. It makes rolling the dice in 7 years a lot more palatable when you have already won the bet once.
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