 Pay him early, then rather later. It will cost you less money, and you may be able to keep another player or two years down the line. That's an integral part of you trying to hoist the Lombardi trophy, which I agree. Only one team wins, and it's hard as hell to win. It's the hardest thing to do is to go through the training, go through the preseason, go through the camps, go through the practices, go through the games, go through the injuries, go through the media, go through the social media, go through all the BS. And then at the end of the day, that's why they cry.