My issue with Chase Young is trust. Imagine your daughter had a crush on a boy in college who seemed like a great catch. Now its 5 years after college and they have reconnected, except since then he had been divorced twice due to a combination of committing adultery and domestic violence. When they first reconnected she was eager to take him out anyway and they made a date for Friday night, but he inexplicably called it off at the last minute, then they reconnected the next week. Now they are engaged to marry in a year, she wants you to put down the non-refundable deposit for a big wedding venue now, and if the wedding doesn't fall through in a year she mentioned that after the wedding she wants you to take out a mortgage to help them start his business together.

Thats where I feel we are with Young. He was great in college. Since then, the 49ers and Redskins both dumped him due to a combination of low effort and injuries. $13 million for a year isn't cheap but it isn't a fortune. However if he keeps up the act for a year, he might bag a long term contract. He already suckered a team into blowing the #2 overall pick on him and then started taking plays off and coming back very slow from injury. So even if he proves a value on the $13 million deal, that just leads to an even more dangerous investment.

I just don't believe you can ever trust someone who burned their previous teams so badly and has so many risk factors. If he does great, I would offer him a raise to 1 year $16 million in 2025. If he gets 5 years $140 million elsewhere, I would let him walk and take the comp pick.

The Saints once acquired another top 3 overall pick who could not produce in Washington. His name was Heath Shuler. By all accounts he was a nice guy. He just lacked the committment and determination to be a great football player in the NFL.

Wow Bako, that's... elaborate. And I get where you are coming from, but would be worried more if this were anything more than a "prove it" contract.