12-28-2016, 03:48 PM
(12-28-2016, 12:08 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Adam Jones was one of the top 5 CBs in the league last year. he would have gotten that much money from many othert team,s pout there.
Unless you replace them with guys on rookie contracts you are not going to make big upgrades for less money. When you start shopping for DEs for $5 million on the free agent market you are not going to do much better than Michael Johnson. Same for most of the other guys you list there. Maualuga may be the one exception.
Jones may have gotten the same contract from another team last year but he would not be getting 7-8 mil per after this year. I'm not sure bringing all the same guys back next year is going to move this team forward. Stability is a good thing but they need to watch for complacency. Peko and Johnson hurt the d-line this year and the vet LBs other than Tez hurt the whole D. The team needs to make some changes, both in the coaching ranks and on the field otherwise next year the team will simply just be one year older.
Jones ranting, lack of discipline and subpar play should make him vulnerable.
