Contrarian point of view:
Fire sales right before the trade deadline are stupid because everyone knows you’re a forced seller so you won’t get good trade value.
For both Chase and Sweat specifically, they’re also both on the last year of their current contracts so no team wants to give up a lot since they might not re-sign.
This means it unlikely they will ever be worth less than right now. Never a good idea to buy high and sell low.
Not only that, JDR’s scheme is shit. It’s hard to imagine either guy will play worse in the future than they are right now.
Despite that, at the level they’re currently playing, the league consensus is that both players would still be highly paid in free agency.
So why not sign Sweat and franchise tag Young?
Who else are we going to spend money on right now? All our other players worth keeping are still on rookie deals. We’re not “one piece away” from a championship where it makes sense to go get some big free agent. Another over the hill veteran QB would be a disaster. So we might as well keep building through the draft.
Yeah, all this money tied up in the d-line is not ideal in theory but is it really tied up? If next year Chase and Sweat ball out with competent coaches, they will be worth more. If they perform the same, then we haven’t lost anything. If in a year or two we want to pay other positions, we can trade Sweat at that time. He would be worth more since he would have more left on his contract. He’s unlikely to be worth less then.
Only major risk I see is that we resign Sweat and he sucks or gets injured next year. But He’s been a consistent performer, even with bad coaching and his health record is good so I think its an acceptable risk.
Ultimately it’s better to extend and control the asset than be a forced seller.
What am I missing here?
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I’m you got sweat for 10 or so more games and then he’s gone. You get nothing in return except a comp draft pick years later. You run the risk of getting nothing long term versus a pick or two.
It’s simple.
We have had them for years on the team and they have not been difference makers.
They are going to cost elite money.
Great teams don’t pay non elite players, elite money.
Get something for them now instead of nothing.
Sweat will be able to be re-signed at a good price for his production, we should lock him up.
Young on the other hand is going to negotiate for a top contract. He’s not worth a top contract. He’s not worth franchising and paying him top dollar just to have to go through it all over again next year. Let him go. He can be productive on someone else’s team while screwing their salary cap.
We need to stop trying to use the franchise tag. We have seen first hand what an actual cluster the tag is. The tag is solely for extending negotiations. It’s not to get one more year out of someone.
I agree Sweat can be re-sign led at a reasonable price for his production.
I also tend to agree with you on franchise tags in general. In this case, Young is only 24 years old and could still take a step forward next year. I think waiting to see makes sense with the tag.
If sweat isn’t under contract by trade deadline we should deal him so the new coaching staff next year has more picks to work with. We could still sign him in free agency after this year.
Young on the other hand is too late to pick up his option. I don’t know if he’s shown enough prodution to feel good about a long term contract. After 4 years only 14 sacks and has had injury issues. I’d trade him if we get a offer 100% and let him test free agency