The Taysom Hill deal was for 21 million dollars!

Are we reading the tea leaves correctly?

Most of us assumed that Taysom received no offer sheets and that he would be forced to sign his tender for $4.641 million. A lot of us were saying that was about what he is worth and some even thought that was too much. Those that said he was worth a lot more were roundly laughed at.

Instead he signs a two year extension for $22 with incentives. Think about that. They could have had him for $4.641 million this year. So one way to view this is that the saints just offered Taysom $17 million for 2021.

Maybe just maybe he had teams willing to sign an offer sheet and a combination of wanting to be Drew's heir and the Saints desire to pay bigger dollars to keep him is why no offer was signed. Maybe it was a conscious decision to pass on potential offers.

I'm just thinking , if there really was zero league interest in Taysom and the Saint only think of him as a gimmick play man, why would the Saints throw $17+ million at him for one more year?

There has to be more that we don't know about this situation.