Originally posted by 9erred:
This is what I don't get. The 9ers can let him play out year 4. Franchise tag him with two first round tender. let other teams hammer out contract, if they like it, match it, if they don't they get two 1's. ALL the leverage is in the 9ers favor.
Yeah that works on paper, but if Deebo wants to be a stink bomb on the sidelines, on the field, in the locker room, then there isn't much we can do about it. I agree completely that we should do the above. But if deebo wants to force the issue, how much is a close locker room worth, vs one guy who is just a schid-can and pollutes everything. It has been the way as of late that guys who are real talents, and want BIG DOUGH, even tho working off the 2nd or third yr of their 4 yr deal, and the team/coach/GM just don't want to destroy a well oiled machine. And if Deebo really wants to do that, he could.
Doesn't seem right that a few talented guys can say "screw my contract , i want my dough now, and I'm not playing anything but WR. Find someone else to carry the ball. ". And yet, even tho we could force the issue, Deebo could poison the locker room. And that's the hammer he has. What really seems odd is that Deebo just didn't seem to be that kind of guy.