Should the Falcons pay Austin Hooper $9-10 million a season?

As the trade deadline has come and gone, the Falcons hung onto Austin Hooper, and Carl Dukes says the team did so because they Hooper is in the team’s long term plans.



Carl asked if you pay Austin Hooper $9-10 million a year.



“The Falcons have been trying to extend Austin Hooper, whose value all of a sudden has skyrocketed if you go look at the average tight end salaries we’re talking about $9-10 million a year.” Dukes said  “Sources have said to me they when they were in Phoenix they were very close to a deal and ironically Austin Hooper’s agent said let’s wait, and now Austin Hooper’s value has continued to rise. The reason the Falcons came out over the weekend and said they’re not trading Austin Hooper is they do have intentions on retaining him, do you pay Austin Hooper $9-10 million a season?”



Mike said he’s glad the team didn’t move Hooper at the trade deadline.



“When you develop a player like an Austin Hooper, he was a third round pick who comes into his own, you’re seeing the numbers, he’s a good piece, does everything that we ask of him.” Bell said “But a new coach, a new regime might feel differently, they might want to keep him, might want to move him, I don’t know, but I’m glad this organization right now didn’t move him at the trade deadline.”