Mike Zimmer

[bonesaw]

(01-11-2022, 12:34 AM)fredtoast Wrote: DEs...#8 (Hendrickson) and #21 (Hubbard) highest paid
DTs...#10 (Reader) and #28 (Ogunjobi) highest paid.

Considering there are only 32 teams, not only do we have a top 10 at each position, our #2 player at each position in higher paid than the #1 on many other teams.

Von Bell is top half of the league (13th) among free safeties. (although it looks like Sportrac list both safeties on some teams as "free safeties").  If you just lump all safeties together he is still top half (if ever team has 2 starting safeties) at #20.

If you consider the top 32 CBs as "CB1" then we have 3 that are pretty much paid as CB1. Waynes (#9), Awuzie (#31) and Hiton (#34)

We may not have the highest at any one position, but we have a lot of high paid players on our defense.  Clearly more than a lot of other teams.

Bottom line is we are a middle of the pack in $'s spent on defense...  Math checks out with a middle of the pack defense.