The case for extending Greg Rousseau

[FireChans]

On 2/26/2025 at 4:55 PM, machine gun kelly said:

I’d rather wait a year.  We get Garrett and let’s see what GROOT can do opposite a game wrecker like Garrett.  Garrett routinely beats and draws double teams.  GROOT is assured of single coverage.

Why would we bother with a big money extension on a guy who needs Garrett across from him to be successful?

 

Doesnt that just illustrate how much more important Garrett is?

[Magox]

Thats a $35.5M AAV

 

Rousseau is objectively somewhere in the 12-15 range ranked DE in the league based on a litany of stats.

 

About $24M AAV sounds just about right.

[GoBills!]

I’d be happy with Gregg at 21-24 million 4 year deal. Gives him a chance to 2 another big deal and we get huge upside potential. You won’t find another one of him available in the 2nd round this year and any other options aren’t as young. He will be a beast next year or the following regardless of where he is playing. 

[Mikie2times]

1 hour ago, GoBills! said:

I’d be happy with Gregg at 21-24 million 4 year deal. Gives him a chance to 2 another big deal and we get huge upside potential. You won’t find another one of him available in the 2nd round this year and any other options aren’t as young. He will be a beast next year or the following regardless of where he is playing. 

Anything near 20 million and you would have to say we think he’s a top 3-5 player on our roster long term. If that’s the case, I would say our rosters not good enough. 

Edited Thursday at 05:15 AM by Mikie2times

[Magox]

2 hours ago, Mikie2times said:

Anything near 20 million and you would have to say we think he’s a top 3-5 player on our roster long term. If that’s the case, I would say our rosters not good enough. 

The Eagles have 9 guys they are paying near or over $20m AAV.

 

We need to retain all our good players and get more

[Beast]

No. Just walk away from this guy or use him in a trade package. 

[colin]

he's a really good player, top 15 or so DE in the NFL.  20-25 as a % of cap this season an the next 4 is decent, prolly goes down to under 7% in 2027.  we still need play maker additions to our team, cb, de, wr, and just like quality nfl players at those three positions as well as S, and DT.  getting weaker at DE is just the wrong direction, and there will be plenty of cap to go around.