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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Heyjoe4" data-source="post: 1064742" data-attributes="member: 13032">Agreed.  The incentive-based contract offered by GB would have paid JA a lot more than this Baltimore deal- as you say, IF, he stayed healthy.After two years of 50% attendance, it was not unreasonable to negotiate a new contract that was largely performance/appearance-based.  JA's decision to go to Baltimore, apparently with a $4 mil salary and up to $2 mil in incentives, seems to acknowledge that JA himself expects to miss games this year.  I don't know any other way to interpret this.  And I'm not buying the "I took less money to play with my college buddy, Lamar" line.  C'mon.I still like JA and wish him the best, as long as it's not against the Packers.  Gluten and Ball made the right call to let him go.  After the shoulder injury, he became afraid to tackle.  I get that - but CBs have to tackle and have to tackle/play hard.  If they can't or are unwilling, the NFL is no place to work.</blockquote>

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