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Originally Posted by Butter
If they do you trust him to not hold out because he is not making that much now? I don't
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Le'Veon Bell appears to want two things: money, and a certain average annual value to his contract. If the Colts are interested in trading for him, this is an idea they could approach him with before the trade is consummated. If he's uninterested, drop out. I don't think he's worth the money he wants, but the Colts are positioned uniquely with cap space to not care about that. A creative contract allows him to satisfy his ego and get most of his money upfront and the Colts to get an all-pro caliber RB for well under market value for 3 years (I wouldn't sign him past his age 30 season).
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Originally Posted by Racehorse
You pay it once, you have to pay it again. That alone makes it a bad idea.
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No, you don't. That's silly. Each contract negotiation is different. It would be a unique circumstance that the Colts would even be able to offer that.
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Originally Posted by omahacolt
I am a moron. It is that simple.
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Thank you, Captain Obvious.
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Originally Posted by Oldcolt
If you can't sign him long term it truly makes very little sense to trade for him
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You can sign him long term, it just has to wait until January. Trading for him does give you an exclusive negotiating window, however. That said, I wouldn't trade for him or sign him long term unless he was willing to take an extremely frontloaded deal.