Nailed it. WRs are getting huge money right now. On the Niners he can't maximize his value. Plenty of reasons to not love being there even if they are a good team.
It makes sense for a QB to put the team first, because it benefits the QB in the long run, too. Look at Brady. He was basically never the highest-paid QB and he's making huge bank on side gigs because of all the rings. But that's the only position in the NFL that's really measured by rings. Rings are nice, of course; winning feels really good; but the parade ends, the headlines fade, while the money can be there for your family for decades.
We see it often enough, guys who cashed in early in their career and now want to be on a team with a legit shot of a title. (ODB in recent memory.)
True, but also, 1k yards ain't what it used to be either though is it? 17 games vs 16, that along diminishes it doesn't it? Used to be you had to average 63 yards a game to hit 1k. Now it's 59. Combine that with the ridiculous rule changes skewed heavily to advance the passing game, 1k just doesn't exactly have the same 'oomph' that it used to.
