Quote Originally Posted by red View Post
yup

i'm all about locking your talent up with a year left on the original deal

for some reason, TT usually doesn't like to deal that way
He's locked guys up early before. In Cobb's case, I think he wanted to see if Cobb was the same player after the broken leg that he was before the injury. Going into last season, he had only played 2 games since the injury.