05-17-2016, 11:54 AM
(05-17-2016, 11:41 AM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Same guaranteed money as Reggie Nelson, and more money per.
If you compare that to the deals around the league, that's a pretty sizeable deal for a free safety. The games very best, and younger, are seeing upwards of 6-7 mil per. But a lot of the guys in the top 10 are right around 3-5 mil.
I have to ask, where is the fire? Why the rush?
Reggie nelson was 4 guaranteed over 2 years, and he is on the back end of his career, compared to a guy getting 4 over 4 at the start. The rush is if he hits FA he demands a lot more. There is no risk here and you are paying him as the 21st highest paid safety right now. If it pans out you got a great deal, if it doesn't you cut him with nothing lost. At the very least you saved on his guaranteed as there are 35 other safeties with more guaranteed per year. If you had waited you undoubtedly would have had to pay him more guaranteed.
