Anyone that claims that Demario's age is a detriment to the team completely ignores that fact that others still see him as one of the top players in the league at any position.

https://twitter.com/TinaHowellNOLA/s...22897896882355

DeMario's age is a risk factor for his decline and makes it highly unlikely that his play could significantly improve. Its not that he isn't good now. Its that at his age there is a major risk of an abrupt decline. If we had a linebacker of similar present ability who was much younger, the odds of decline would be lower, and the odds of some sort of ridiculous Lawrence Taylor / Ray Lewis career year that leads the team to a ring with a historically good defense would, although unlikely, be possible.

Even Mickey Loomis has basically said this that, that DeMario thinks he can play forever but they realize his age and the uncertainty that brings.

DeMario's age is a risk factor for his decline and makes it highly unlikely that his play could significantly improve. Its not that he isn't good now. Its that at his age there is a major risk of an abrupt decline. If we had a linebacker of similar present ability who was much younger, the odds of decline would be lower, and the odds of some sort of ridiculous Lawrence Taylor / Ray Lewis career year that leads the team to a ring with a historically good defense would, although unlikely, be possible.

Even Mickey Loomis has basically said this that, that DeMario thinks he can play forever but they realize his age and the uncertainty that brings.

LOL!!!! There aren't even a handful of LB's can can play at the level of Demario today! You are so full of ****. He's one of the top three or four in the entire league.

Your right. And if we look at the NBA for example LeBron James and Victor Wembanyama are both exciting players performing at a high level. Which would you rather have in 5, 10, 15 years??? Nobody knows. Its a complete mystery. There is really just not one number you could look at that would give you a clue of their likely career trajectories going forward.

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