Isn't that the contract that businesses make when they purchase suites at the stadium and pay before the season starts? They didn't know exactly how Manny would perform or that D'Eriq would play 3 games, instead of 12.
So, if they opted to not play football and just went to school and worked out to prepare for the 2020 draft, this Fall, you'd be applauding the decisions?
Except that that assumes that staying one year is the magic elixir that would cause them to go higher. There's no reason to believe that Joe Jackson would go higher next year. The NFL isn't brand new. They see what we see. And if they thought a guy would show dramatically more in another...