Team Friendly Deals

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(01-23-2017, 12:06 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: So I keep hearing people say...keep player so and so if it's a team friendly deal.

The Steelers game DeCastro $11 million a year. Zeitler is an equal caliber player. No way is he going to take $6-7 million to stay here. He's making $7.5 million currently.

The salary cap rises each year. We have other aging players who will be leaving in the future. You have to retain your talented players.

The Falcons signed Alex Mack who is a dominant Center to a 5 year $45 million contract. $9 million a year for a Center...and they are going to the Super Bowl!

We infrequently spend a large deal of money in external free agency. If we let guys like Zeitler walk, what are we saving that space for? Is it to retain future free agents? Well, what if they ask for more than people think they are worth?

Some teams have $90+ million in cap space. Salaries are going to keep escalating.

(01-23-2017, 01:26 PM)muskiesfan Wrote: I'm sorry, but Zeitler has not played at the same level as DeCastro. There is absolutely no way in hell I would pay Zeitler anything more than $8 million per year. Why should he get paid All Pro money when he doesn't produce like an All Pro?

I understand we roll over a ton of money, I understand that we save more for draft picks than necessary, I understand that we keep WAY too much for an injury pool. However, I'd rather the front office continue to do stupid things like that than to give Zeitler a huge extension he hasn't earned. I'd be much happier dropping $10 million per year on a short term deal for Whitworth than dropping that kind of money on Zeitler. Whitworth has earned it, Zeitler, not so much.

Exactly, Muskies. This thread is based around comparing Zeitler to All-Pros, which just isn't the case.

DeCastro: 1st Team All-Pro x1, 2nd Team All-Pro x1, Pro Bowl x2
Mack: 2nd Team All-Pro x2, Pro Bowl x4
Zeitler:

Yeah, those don't look like same caliber players to me, which means this thread is automatically pretty questionable at best.