just to finish this off. The team star QB was rejecting the offers as it put team just slightly over the cap. I went thru and found 2 players in season 3/4 that I managed to offer extended contracts which saved just enough so that the offer to the QB would be sufficient.
Now I did leave this far too late before I asked for this help, my bad
My hope was that the Sim would run the 2 extensions prior to the QB extension during the League Championship sim cycle and it did. The extensions were accepted and then the QB accepted. The Season finished and the Team because of other moves now had plenty of cap space.
So look to the overall cap situation if player keeps refusing, thanks