Trent Williams holding out for new deal

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Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

There is major bad blood between the Shanahans and snyder/Allen so this will never happen.

Also, Bruce has made it abundantly clear he’s not trading Trent or giving him a new deal. And to be honest, I applaud his stance.

Trent has a history of injuries and suspensions and two years left on his deal. But he demanded a new deal or to be traded. When he didn’t get what he wanted, he not only held out (which has hurt the team), but he put word out that the medical staff had mistreated him - something we now know is completely false.

I do not like Bruce Allen. I don’t think he’s qualified for his job. But i like the way Trent has behaved even less. I would not reward Trent for his bad behavior.

Obviously, there is always an offer that is so good that it simply cannot he refused, but I doubt anyone has made - or would make - such an offer for Trent.


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If Trent wants to sit out the whole season, the team will happily take his 11-12 million salary for cap relief.

That's the biggest difference between Trent's and Cousins' situation:

Cousins didn't want to be here and we stupidly kept him here under the tag; we could have saved that money and gotten picks for him.

If Trent continues to sit, it costs the team nothing, and as I said before, they are actually saving that salary money this year. I'm no cap expert (paging Schneed) but I believe we would take a cap hit if we traded him right now.

So unless some team comes with an offer we can't refuse, let him sit out and we'll take that salary money.