Will Cobb earn the big contract many are expecting?

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in this day and age where one neck injury or a concussion can cut your career short at anytime, i just don't see why any player would give a team a massive "hometown discount", or sign a short "prove it" deal, when he doesn't have much to prove

he can, and should receive jordy money. if we won't give that to him, someone will

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in this day and age where one neck injury or a concussion can cut your career short at anytime, i just don't see why any player would give a team a massive "hometown discount", or sign a short "prove it" deal, when he doesn't have much to prove

he can, and should receive jordy money. if we won't give that to him, someone will

I don't know that he'll get Jordy money, but I wouldn't be surprised with something close. He's missed time all three of his seasons, that is going to hurt him.

I don't put much stock in a hometown discount, but for the same injury reasons as you stated, I think the 'get it early' discount could be significant if they continue to negotiate during the season.

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in this day and age where one neck injury or a concussion can cut your career short at anytime, i just don't see why any player would give a team a massive "hometown discount", or sign a short "prove it" deal, when he doesn't have much to prove

he can, and should receive jordy money. if we won't give that to him, someone will

I agree that the hometown discount as an argument to accept less is ludicrous. But Cobb isn't getting Nelson money yet. I think he will get a good deal more than Nelson did on his second contract.

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Year     Age  G GS  Rec  Yds  Y/R   TD  Lng  R/G  Y/G  Att  Yds   TD  Lng  Y/A  Y/G  A/G YScm RRTD Fmb AV
2008      23 16  2   33  366 11.1    2   29  2.1 22.9                                     366    2   0  3
2009      24 13  0   22  320 14.5    2   51  1.7 24.6                                     320    2   3  3
2010      25 16  4   45  582 12.9    2   80  2.8 36.4                                     582    2   3  5
2011      26 16  9   68 1263 18.6   15   93  4.3 78.9                                    1263   15   0 15
2012      27 12 10   49  745 15.2    7   73  4.1 62.1                                     745    7   0  7
2013      28 16 16   85 1314 15.5    8   76  5.3 82.1                                    1314    8   0 11
Career       89 41  302 4590 15.2   36   93  3.4 51.6                                    4590   36   6 44

                   Rece Rece Rece Rece Rece Rece Rece Rush Rush Rush Rush Rush Rush Rush                 
Year     Age  G GS  Rec  Yds  Y/R   TD  Lng  R/G  Y/G  Att  Yds   TD  Lng  Y/A  Y/G  A/G YScm RRTD Fmb AV
2011      21 15  0   25  375 15.0    1   61  1.7 25.0    2    5    0    4  2.5  0.3  0.1  380    1   3  7
2012      22 15  8   80  954 11.9    8   39  5.3 63.6   10  132    0   28 13.2  8.8  0.7 1086    8   4 11
2013      23  6  4   31  433 14.0    4   48  5.2 72.2    4   78    0   67 19.5 13.0  0.7  511    4   0  4
Career       36 12  136 1762 13.0   13   61  3.8 48.9   16  215    0   67 13.4  6.0  0.4 1977   13   7 22