Arik Armstead Feels "Disrespected" by the 49ers

Poor Arik Armstead.

After nine long years of giving the 49ers slightly above average play at the defensive tackle position, the team asked him to take a pay cut because his body is breaking down and his production is falling off, and he refused because he could get more money playin for the Jacksonville Jaguars. That's business.

But Armstead also has a podcast, and on it he recently said he felt personally disrespected by the 49ers this offseason.

"A lot has happened this offseason," said Armstead, the master of the obvious. "I'm no longer with the 49ers. I have a new team. First off, I want to say I don't have any animosity toward the organization, Kyle Shanahan, John Lynch, the York family. I did feel extremely disrespected. They extended an offer to me for (bleeped out) million dollars after nine years of me being there. The fans deserve to know what happened. I had to make some decisions."

Here are my takeaways from what Armstead said.

1. He clearly does have animosity toward the organization because he says he feels disrespected. That's what animosity is.

2. He bleeped out the exact offer the 49ers made him because he wants you to listen to his podcast, which means he's doing all this for attention, views and money.

3. The 49ers didn't owe him anything for the nine years he had been there. In fact, they paid him more than $85 million for good run defense and 33.5 sacks in 116 career games. If anything. they overpaid him. And if anyone owed anything, it was Armstead who owed the 49ers a pay cut, because he was one of the highest-paid players on the team and he missed 13 games the past two seasons.

Instead, Armstead made a calculated business decision that he would rather jump ship and make as much money as possible with the Jaguars than finish his career with the 49ers, a legendary franchise that drafted him and gave him generation wealth.

Fair enough, Arik, but don't throw yourself a pity party on the way out of town.

You got what you want. Enjoy Jacksonville.