To answer the question, maybe. It depends how big at this point. I'd much rather see Shields extended for multiple years than Raji. If they play the wait and see game, one of three things will happen: a) the player will flop, and either we get him cheap or not, nobody much cares; b) the player does great, somebody else offers him a mega-contract, and we lose him; or c) the player does great, Ted Thompson re-signs him, but has to pay through the nose to do it. My best guess would be c for Shields - unlike Raji, who I would thin it's 50/50 between a and b. In short, signing Shields now long term for a lot but less than he might cost later would be a good move. I would NOT say the same for Raji.
You can never have too many good or great Corners. If Tramon snaps back and/or Hayward progresses as expected and/or House develops the way we hope, it still doesn't take away from the benefit of retaining Shields long term.
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