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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 1099103" data-attributes="member: 7261">Agree.  I guess from recent history, unless it is a career threatening injury or the same injury over and over, teams don't seem to care too much about single injuries like this happening to star players, when it comes to new contracts.  Whether that is a good thing or not, it is sort of baked into the new NFL.  If you aren't willing to give your star player the guaranteed money, then another team will.  Kraft and his agent are going to value him fully healthy and at his peak production.  They will also throw in a line like "and he will be even better over the next 4 years, thus we want him compensated for that."If I am an NFL GM and I have a top player at his position, in his final contract year, I may try to give him a new deal.  However, if it is more than I want to spend, then I would actually rather trade said player for top value.  It would suck for the Packers to not have Kraft in 2026, but it would suck even more to see him walk in Free Agency and getting nothing but a possible comp pick in exchange.[MEDIA=youtube]7hx4gdlfamo[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

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