I think that's a pretty good point.
To take it a bit further, if we're valuing what we should pay, we should probably be considering what he can do within our structure.
The market will dictate a high price, irregardless of how we may predict he'd perform as the spearhead of Brisbane, simply because there's a dearth of key forwards. In addition, struggling clubs need that good news signing over the offseason to generate membership sales.
Leaving that aside, it may be true that we wouldn't get the same value out of him in a structure that doesn't have Tex, Eddie, Lynch. But we do have all of those for now. Is there another player that's going to do as well as Jenkins for us if we get rid of Jenkins? I'm not so sure. He might not be a #1, but his combination of size and speed make him a very dangerous #3 or #4. Perhaps a more traditional forward wouldn't do as well, because they wouldn't have the same pace coming back over the top of zones to get the goal square goals.
There is something to be said for not completing ignoring the market - though I don't believe some of the media speculation - and also for considering his value within our system
Where we need to be careful in terms of value within our system is that we are 11 games into our fast, sling shot, switch and charge, build from the back game style.
We don't know how robust it is, it could be worked out in the second half of the season when we have return fixtures against teams that couldn't work us out the first time
If we need to adapt, there might not be quite so much space to run into and I don't want to pay JJ to run into space that might not exist. Certainly not for 4 years
I'm not convinced he's any better than he was last year, and considering the potential impact of our game plan and the other massive effect of just 2 games on his tally, I'm uncomfortable assuming the paradigm has changed
If he wants to stay, I'm sure we can find a deal that makes sense.
If he wants to max his value elsewhere he should absolutely go and do that.
The sky will not fall