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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Gotta agree. I’m all for keeping Hanifin. But we tried it. 7.5M is fair, imo. He hasn’t signed, so you move on.
I haven’t read through everything so I missed anyone saying up the offer, but I would treat that like the idea of keeping Hanifin and trading Andersson: it’s nonsense.
On Andersson, you hear the way he talks and this is a guy who is future captain material. He’s super underrated here and sounds like a guy who actually wants to be here, is close in conversation with Conroy and Huska, and goes to bat for his team.
Trading him is the kind of move that takes the air out of a room. We’re trying to build contender here and sure, you need to make moves to build the talent to achieve that, but this would be an Andrew Ference like trade except you’re dealing a player that is that much better to go along with those “intangibles.” Huge mistake imo. Run with Weegar/Andersson/Kylington through the transition and this team is going to be in great shape.
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One thing I do wonder is the future of the salary cap. Obviously a different stratosphere but the NFL salary cap went up way over expected this year after being kept down artificially with the covid paybacks. If the cap ends up going up more than expected either this year or next... Are you willing to increase the offer a bit.
Probably still doesn't get done.. But something to consider for guys and their upcoming contracts.