re: If I'm an NFL GM

That's fine but it's still up to the player. A team full of talented guys who would never opt out on their teammates trumps a team full of talented opt outs imo.

If a player opts out because his future GM put too much pressure on him i could understand that. But these guys who are volunteering themselves as opt outs.... those are the ones I'm talking about. Only the NFL and each specific player's team knows which are which.