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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 1096807" data-attributes="member: 7261">I guess one could argue that a 30 year old player who has reached their ceiling, is a known commodity and thus paid on that skill set.  Contractually that is "less risky".  Now the problem with contracts with an older player, are you paying for their high end value and now maybe their skillset is in decline?Teams often dole out second contracts to younger players based off of projected ceilings.  This is where the rub comes in of signing players who should be ascending, but very well might not.  Teams are trying to bank on a players future potential, then again so is the player and his agent.I actually think this is an area where Gute sometimes shows a weakness.  That weakness is doubling down on his higher picks with 2nd contracts because he thinks they should be better in years 5-8, simply because he invested a high pick in that player.  LVN and Enagbare are 2 most recent examples of this.  LVN a 1st round pick in 2023, Enagbare a 5th round pick in 2022.  Gute let KE walk and pick up a $10M contract with the Jets.  Gute has already decided LVN deserves a 5th year at $14.5M.  I hope Gute is right and LVN has way more upside than KE, but I will say this, KE has stayed healthier, that should be a factor.  KE also has 1896 snaps played in Green Bay VS LVN's 1056 snaps.</blockquote>

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