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I appreciate you always taking the contrarian side and the "f. the man" mentality. It always good to see the other side.
I have been involved with complicated negotiations with laypersons and they nearly always make things more difficult because they just don't know the ground rules. We aren't talking about buying a used car here, we are talking about a multi-faceted 8 digit contract and that is only something that a person of extreme experience and qualification should be handling... NOT a layperson.
And one of the worst parts is that the client thinks this "layperson" is a great cheerleader because they tell them everything they want to hear. Sometimes you have to tell your client "this term you want is unreasonable". The cheerleaders never do that. They just keep pumping them up right into a deal not happening. Not having a person of vast experience in a huge career making deal is absolutely foolish.
This is a lot of speculation though. You don't know of his qualifications just that he isn't certified by the NFLPA. If he or his company has lawyers and advisors familiar with contract law then they are not laypeople. They are professionals that are simply not certified by a specific org.
Further as I said it sounds like Quan was not being offered more than Leonard because he expressed that he was open to playing on the tag which is less than what Leonard is getting. Thus any actual NFL agent worth his salt is likely not going to tell Quan to sign for less than Leonard as it would not be a good look for them. You don't sign a lesser deal a year later for a top 3 ILB (from Quan's perspective) unless the client is pushing for it. Again a Drew Rosenhaus is not going to tell him to accept less than Leonard. He has better run and pass coverage stats than Leonard and Leonard only has the advantage in TOs. And he is signing his deal a year later when the cap has gone up 26m. The agent would have been helpful if Quan was asking for the 22m or something crazy but based on his press conference, that does not appear to be the case.