If I'm understanding this correctly, Garrett signed an extension. That means he's still playing out the fourth year of his rookie contract, he's just got a excrement ton of money waiting for him the year after. I'm sure that some of it will be accelerated, but why wouldn't we want to do this with Jamal?
Because he's under team control for the next 3 years.
I don't know if you remember the last two mega contracts we gave to home grown best players on the team. But both of them worked out incredibly poorly for us.
So there's a very clear and obvious precedent that suggests that there is and can be a great deal of risk in giving out huge contracts. Especially to do so years in advance
The potential downsides of such a contract for Adams are numerous (overpaying, injury risk, him being a malcontent, butt hurt about losing, losing motivation etc)
The potential upsides? It strokes his penis and makes him feel better?
From a football standpoint the only freaking reason you extend Jamal right now is if it's on very favorable terms for the tem.
To give him a huge apology contract for no obvious other reason is just being a bad GM