I think they'll probably play the up/down negotiating game and meet somewhere in the middle.
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Because we are not planning on making a run during that time.
If we were talking about a stacked team and he is the cornerstone, no doubt KC would find the money. But we're talking about a team that barely made the play-offs then were promptly thumped in one of the worst play-off games ever. No first downs in the first half?
We don't have the answers on the team now to seriously believe we will be a top 5 team in the league in the next 2 - 3 years (probably when LJ's decline will be obvious from being a work horse for this year and those years).
So the question is really "why pay him"? What do we gain by it? We finish 500 instead of a 4 win season? Why spend that money? Why NOT get a few draft picks for him? Will they be one-to-one equal to where he is now? No. Will they maybe be pieces that 2 - 3 years down the line help get us to that hallowed spot we wish to be in? They can't hurt.
Not to even mention the salary cap room for the next few years we can use growing...
Alrighty then! Big diff between .500 and 4 wins. I prefer .500
I prefer A SB win, but what is possible and what is probably are, at this point, at opposite ends of the spectrum.
Squeaking into the playoffs, only to get exposed as a lesser team is quite appealing. But, I too, would rather create a real contender. The difference between 8-8 and 4-12 is drafting 5th and drafting twenty-fifth. Sure, you could build a contender, drafting late. But, there are so many more options, when drafting early, not to mention often.
I already said "good morning", in another forum...... I would rather be 4-12, in a rebuilding year, than 4-12 while thinking that we were supposed to contend.
Right now, with L.J., I see alot of similarities, between the Chiefs and the Raiders. How can you not see it? Good runningback,( Though I don't see, in L.J., what you do.) Basically, a rookie quarterback, good defense, (Giving the Raiders the edge, there.) and our offensive line has dropped, in ability,massively, these past two offseasons, where the Raiders, already have a bad O-line.
If you look closely, who else, in our division, do we compare to?