Originally posted by BOI49er:
That means Aiyuk stays. No way we trade him for any package that doesn't include a 1st round pick This year. After the first round, the subject is dead. They'll cut a deal, as the leverage is all with the team. We've got him way below value at $14m this year, and wouldn't be overpaying him a dime for the next two franchise years, all the while he's at risk of injury and no future income. That will not happen. Aiyuk will have to cut a deal, we'll be fair, and he ain't gettin no $30-$32m as he said he's worth, and we probably won't press charges for overstating his value.
His value is immense. It ain't overstated but yet still we will pay him top five WR money as it should be for an ALL PRO WR and we will give him a sizeable guarantee so he won't ever have to think about working a job another day in his life.
Lynch already told us it's no greater joy than drafting a guy helping him develop and then extending him. That's what makes his job fulfilling