You picking up Chase Young 5th Year Option?

The deadline is May 1st after the draft to pick up the 5th year option for Chase Young. To me, it’s a no brainer you pick it up and you go into this year with the plan for Montez and Chase competing for the long term extension.

If you don’t pick it up, you do risk losing both starting DE not this league year, but the following.

You picking it up? I think he has shown enough but has a lot more to prove as well but it protects us.

I would. The sack stats scare people but they're so up and down, they have a fluky nature to them. Especially in shortened seasons.

In 2021 Young had only 1.5 sacks but he had a pass rush win rate in the top 15 for DEs. You'd like him to be better than that given he was the #2 overall pick but if all we got was the 15th best pass rushing DE that's still worth the $17M option salary. So even though he only got home a few times he still put heat on the QB and disrupted the play. A few things break just slightly differently and he could have gotten 5 sacks in those 9 games.

Last year he was recovering and only played three games, not even worth analyzing the data.

As for the question of how much cap space do you devote to the defensive line, it's a real good question and I think now that we've got Payne and Allen locked up we have to plan on losing one of the DEs. I think I look to trade Sweat before the deadline this year. Right now Chase isn't going to carry max trade value because people will still wonder about the knee recovery. But you could get something back for Montez.

As for whether Ron would trade Montez or Young before the deadline, I don't think he will because he needs to win this year. But you didn't ask me what I thought Ron would do, you asked me what I'd do. I think you give Chase the option year and look to extend him next offseason assuming he looks good, and trade Montez so you don't have a 2025 team made up of nothing but DLs and a bunch of jags.

Long story short, don't sell low on Chase. Extend him, and sell Montez now while his value league-wide is respected.

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By the way Chico good thread to get some good football discussion going. So tired of sale talk.

By the way Chico good thread to get some good football discussion going. So tired of sale talk.

I heard Josh Harris is buying the team.

I heard Josh Harris is buying the team.

LMAO

It's not even a question IMO.

I think they should pick up his 5th year. He's still young and he's still a good player. I just don't think he's ever going to be a dominant one.

By the way Chico good thread to get some good football discussion going. So tired of sale talk.

So do you all think the delay in deciding is caused by the pending sale??? I think we should focus on that angle.:devil:

I heard Josh Harris is buying the team.

Damn beat me to it.