"If Kony were continue to grow, which we think he's going to, we wouldn't be able to afford him," Rivera stated. "We thought now was as good a time to get something from him. We lost Josh Norman a year ago to free agency and got nothing out of it. So, the thought process being here's a guy who, if he ascends like he has the potential to, he has a chance to be a guy that's going to get a big payday and I think looking forward that would have been a tough situation for us."