JJ is everything you want to build around.
A stud player โ statistically one of the best corners in the NFL right now. Year-one starter with several years of CB1 experience, yet only 24 years old. Consistent, even though the defense around him and scheme is trash.
Yet Poles wants to let him walk. For what? So we can sign a lesser player for slightly less? We're not even salary cap strapped right now, so I don't know why he's being so cheap.
Idk man, I can't support this.
Letting Johnson go makes NO sense. You are going to get minimum value for him because a team has to sign him to a big deal. You'd honestly be better off giving him what he wants now, and then trading him next year, if draft value is what you are looking for.
But putting return aside, Johnson is clearly one of your best (if not your best) young, home-grown players. It makes no sense at all to not re-sign him. Two reasons: 1. He's a foundational piece in the secondary, 2. The rest of the team has already seen you boot guys last year. You kinda need a good faith re-sign that isn't Kmet -for the sake of morale alone.