Sorry I didn't know or I wouldn't have repeated.
I don't think it's even meant sarcastically, someone says it because it is the expectation that someone says it.
Check out what his peer group got that same offseason.
It was a huge misreading of the market.
I think other teams might not have signed him at all since he would have cost a draft pick.
I think I suggested 2/16 if they had to bring him back.