If you had $12.8 million, what would you do with it? Would you start a charity? Or would buy approximately 2.85 million chicken nuggets, at a cost of roughly 45 cents/nugget? If you were the Falcons front office, you’d probably use it to exercise a decidedly mediocre pass rusher’s 5th year option.
As frustrating players go, Beasley stands out from the pack. His 15.5 sacks in 2016 were surely an anomaly, and no one is trying to hold him to that standard, but we know he’s not playing to his true potential. Beasley’s ceiling is likely somewhere between that monstrous 2016 campaign and what we’ve seen over the past couple seasons.