The New York Football Giants
http://www.eaglesauthorizedshops.com/authentic-markus-wheaton-jersey , a bedrock NFL franchise, have negotiated thousands of player contracts over the
decades. Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr., who received a slotted rookie deal
in 2014, has negotiated as a practical matter none. And the Giants surely have
been banking on that imbalance in lowballing Beckham.That’s why Beckham needs to hold out of training camp. It’s his only real leverage and, given his other options to force the Giants to pay Beckham what he
deserves, it’s his only real choice.If he shows up as a show of good faith and talks go nowhere, he can’t leave. Well, he
can leave. But the Giants would hold all the cards.A player who reports and then departs opens the door for the so-called “five-day letter
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reserve/left squad list, shutting down his season and tolling his contract for a
full year.In Beckham’s case, this would mean he’ll still be working under the fifth-year option — and he’ll still be a full season from free agency or the
franchise tag — in 2019.Beckham also could try to “hold in,” which in his case would entail showing up but refusing to practice until he has a contract. That position quickly would
amount to conduct detrimental to the team, exposing him to fines and suspensions
and other problems somewhat akin to what Terrell Owens experienced in
Philadelphia 13 years ago.Based on how Beckham handled the offseason program (showing up but not really doing anything), and given his statement from a week ago that he plans to report
for camp, Beckham probably has been contemplating a
report-but-refuse-to-participate-in-team-drills approach. The news that a
holdout remains on the table likely indicates that his representatives hope to
persuade Beckham that it’s much better to not show up than to show up and not
work.So will Beckham show up? Again
Authentic Markus Wheaton Jersey , he shouldn’t. And the team needs to know now that he won’t, which would make the start of training camp a very real
deadline in a deadline-driven industry.The core question remains whether Beckham is wired to withstand a holdout. Last year, when he stayed away from offseason workouts due to his contract
status (but never admitted that was the reason for it), Beckham seemed to be
ultra-sensitive about any and all criticism regarding not-really-a-holdout
holdout.Indeed, Beckham blocked the PFT Twitter account simply because I repeatedly said that he should explain why he’s not participating in offseason workouts, so
that the fans will understand why he’s not there.We nevertheless support his quest to be paid what he deserves. The owners have made, and will continue to make (without any actual physical or business
risk), billions. The NFL’s best and most popular players individually have one
or two chances to make the millions they deserve.And they have limited tools for forcing a recalcitrant team to pay up. For Beckham
Marlon Mack Jersey , the best (only) option is to not show up for training camp. While many who simply don’t get it would give him a hard time for doing
it, those who understand the realities of the situation will — and should —
support him.If the Raiders trade Khalil Mack for two first-round draft picks, are those two players going to be as good as Mack? Probably not. The draft is
unpredictable, and you can’t count on two players whose identities you don’t
even know to turn out to be as good as Mack, a three-time Pro Bowler and
one-time Defensive Player of the Year.So why would the Raiders do it? Because Mack will be far more expensive than the two players the Raiders would get with two first-round picks.Mack will likely demand a contract similar to the one that the Rams just gave Aaron Donald. That would mean cap hits of about $9 million this year, $17
million next year, $25 million in 2020 and $28 million in 2021.Two first-round draft picks won’t cost anything close to that against the salary cap: The first overall pick in the 2019 draft will have cap hits ranging
from around $6 million to around $11 million over the next four years. And the
32nd pick in the first round of the 2019 draft will have cap hits ranging from
around $2 million to around $3 million a year.So while there’d be no way for the Raiders to know right now which picks they’d get in the draft order, or which players they’d take with those
picks
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first-round draft picks. And projecting it out even further, those two
hypothetical players will be in their primes in their mid-20s when Mack is
starting to decline in his 30s, and they can remain under team control for
longer thanks to the fifth-year option and the franchise tag.The question, then, isn’t whether two first-round picks will add more value to the Raiders than Khalil Mack adds. The question is whether two first-round
picks
plus all the players the Raiders would be able to sign with all the cap space they’d save will add more value than Mack adds. That makes it a
closer call, and easier to see why the Raiders just might trade their star pass
rusher.
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