The Hopkins contract was all world stupid. So was Cousins' fully guaranteed contract. But you know what? Players and their agents might even agree it's stupid money, but they also see it as setting a precedent and setting the market for future contracts, possibly including their own. To wit: the Lamar Jackson contract drama.

Here's another saying for you: All it takes is one team.

So GB can't keep all its players, so what? Neither can other teams. Jordy was pretty much washed when he left, you could bring him back but he wasn't coming back on a 1.5M contract.
You think Mason Crosby is tickled about not having a contract? Do you think he's worth what he was paid last year, or what he's probably seeking now?