Lamar did and went into the franchise tag. The difference here is A)he and his mom were acting as his agent which everyone under the moon said that was insane and B)they were actively negoiating while he was playing. He knew a deal was coming
thats the thing you are not getting, picking up the option for that price basically you are saying young is the dude for 2 more years. And like I just said he is going to want a new deal regardless after the 4rth.
Nobody in their right mind is just going to play into his 5th without an ext. If you dont know by the 4rth (really 3rd) then why in the hell should you run it one more year to see if it clicks?