08-20-2017, 10:36 AM
I keep hearing, this player got overpaid. That player got overpaid. No Guard is worth $10+ million.
Reality: The salary cap was $120 million in 2012. It's $167 million this year.
$10 million in todays dollars is equivalent to about $7.5 million in 2012. Would you have been ok giving a Guard like Zeitler $8.5 million in 2012?
The cap keeps going up:
It was $133 million in 2014.
$143.28 million in 2015.
$155.27 million in 2016.
$167 million this year.
The talk that we need to hoard cap space to retain our own is a myth. It's went up by approximately $10 million a year since 2012.
NFL inflation. Our minds aren't keeping up with this extreme inflation. Our reference point for salaries is skewed. We're thinking in terms of pre-2012 NFL dollars.
Reality: The salary cap was $120 million in 2012. It's $167 million this year.
$10 million in todays dollars is equivalent to about $7.5 million in 2012. Would you have been ok giving a Guard like Zeitler $8.5 million in 2012?
The cap keeps going up:
It was $133 million in 2014.
$143.28 million in 2015.
$155.27 million in 2016.
$167 million this year.
The talk that we need to hoard cap space to retain our own is a myth. It's went up by approximately $10 million a year since 2012.
NFL inflation. Our minds aren't keeping up with this extreme inflation. Our reference point for salaries is skewed. We're thinking in terms of pre-2012 NFL dollars.
