04-02-2021, 04:07 AM
(04-01-2021, 08:47 PM)mvossman Wrote: To me, the real question is, what is the likelihood of him making the team better in the future. I think we are seeing his floor right now for various reasons (luck, Covid, new team, etc). He is not what we are looking for as a secondary creator and he is not a lock down defender. He is a guy that can provide some versatility on offense (not great but better than DFS or Maxi) and he is currently the only quality defender we have that can handle 1s (as well as wings on switches). He is a proven legit starter on quality teams, which is something we are in short supply of. He is prolly worth roughly 15 a year, so at 13 a year he is a legit asset (due to the scarcity of quality starters). A big part of this is that I think we are better off operating over the cap, in which case we are better off re-signing him and THJ. I think there are limited/unlikely scenarios where operating under the cap will actually improve the team we currently have.
I guess I just don't agree with the assessment that this is his floor. And if he is merely okay on both sides of the floor, I'm not sure getting off a long term deal at around 15m per year (factoring in raises) would be easy. In order, my hopes for him this offseason:
1. Opts in
2. Opts out and tests the market and finds a new time.
3. Opts out and we resign him after exhausting all other options.