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Originally Posted by WillH
I can't believe people are still saying this when he admitted that they offered him a legit deal to start negotiating last year and he declined because he wanted to evaluate them.
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That "legit deal" wasn't at the start of the offseason, it was after they had initially tried a lesser deal again. When it was clear he wasn't going to take that they finally came with a legit offer. The damage was already done. Evaluate us? He's been with us for 6 years, that's more than enough time. If we had committed to him from the start, made a serious offer, and he liked us, he'd be extended right now. Instead we cheaped out, most likely pissed him off with the implication he's not worth top dollar, and he made the business decision to take the guaranteed one year money until he could hit free agency eventually and find a franchise that actually wants him.
Point blank, if he wanted to be here long term, he would. We made the "legit offer" (which was still under market rate), he turned it down. Not just because the money wasn't good enough, it's because we're not good enough. Imagine putting up the best stats we've seen in 20 years, being a leader, doing everything they ask of you and your franchise which will pay everybody under the goddamn sun, decides you're the one to cheap out on. It's over.
And I know Matty is gonna say we are reading into this too much, but everytime we hear shit rumors like these they tend to come true with this franchise. They aren't heavily scouting qb's just in case Kirk leaves, they are in full blown plan B mode because they screwed up plan A. Kirk just isn't sexy enough to fill the seats and inspire confidence in this franchise. Only way Kirk is here next season is if we tag him again for 34 million. In which case he will have gotten 78 million guaranteed for 3 years, and then he's looking at a similar amount when he walks next year.