I'm starting to think waiting is a better idea.
The reasoning is, we have-
-Reed contracted through 2029
-Watson contracted through 2030.
-Golden contracted through 2029 with 2030 5th year option.
Now I know the goal is to put as much talent on the field as possible. But honestly. Is it worth having three #1 WRs if we can't get them more than 5 touches a game each on average? GB is notorious for spreading the ball around. But that's usually because we have 5 wrs all at different stages of development, who haven't commanded the #1 spot, or been able to stay healthy. Seems like right now we have 3x. #1s and all they need is touches. We will dominate defenses.
Dont get me wrong, I love Kraft. He is pure bred corn fed. But... That ACL. And the fact we don't really need him as a target. In fact his targets will be taking away the #1s targets. And I'm honestly not sure that's a good idea at this point.
My original thought was to offer him a year extension for $12mil. Give him a year more to prove he is back 100% and able to continue his trajectory. If after next year he is the tucker Kraft we all hope he is. Then we can give him the $20m/yr on a 4 year extension.
Another reason for that is to offset the turn over when all those #1 WRs contracts are up in 2029/30. Kraft being contracted for 5 years after this year(1 year prove it extension, and 4 year big extension) will end in 2032, and he could be our stabilizer during the transition of replacing the WRs who don't get resigned.
If he doesn't take it. Let him walk. Honestly, we have only had that star TE 8 games. I know for fact we can live without him if things don't go our way.
