NFL offseason 2025

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Originally Posted by sdskinsfan2001

Here's to Jaylin Lane becoming the new McLaurin. At this point, if 28 million is the max offer, just go ahead and trade him. He isn't going to accept that and can't really blame him. That seems like a pretty mid-offer for a great player and teammate. Hopefully recoup a pick or 2 that we lost in the Tunsil/Deebo trades.

Why do that? Why not have him play out on his current contract? He's not going to hold out the season -- that would be really unwise, especially because we could franchise him too. He has one more shot at a big contract, short of a trade, and it is with us. Why not offer $28M/yr plus some added money if certain milestones are reached (e.g., >12 tds, >1300 yards), stuff that is not out of reach but would be pretty hard to do (at least more than once), and if he achieved those numbers he'd certainly have earned it. It can be $28M/yr x 3 yrs with $65M guaranteed and possible going up to $33M/yr with incentives.

Obviously, I don't do this for a living so maybe it's entirely unrealistic, but it seems like there's got to be some way to bridge the gap.