Free Agency is Over (before it even began)

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(02-13-2018, 02:04 AM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: Geno all day. DTs are less expensive. Geno is a better DT than Dunlap is a DE.

Geno is an elite DT
Dunlap is an above average DE.

Ehhhh, not so much, and the only part of your post I disagree with.

The highest paid defensive player in the league is a DT. 4 of the top 10 paid defensive players are DTs, with 3 being OLB and 3 being DE.

Atkins is making roughly $10.6m/yr right now, and can reasonably expect $16-17m/yr+ in FA (Suh is making a little over $19m/yr, Fletcher Cox is 2nd making $17.1m/yr).
Dunlap is making roughly $7.9m/yr right now, and can reasonably expect $12m/yr in FA (above Michael Bennett's $10.2m/yr due to age, but below Everson Griffin's $14.5m/yr).

Atkins will make more total, and get a bigger raise from his current contract than Dunlap. DTs aren't less expensive now in the age of Atkins/Suh/Cox/McCoy/Donald/etc.