Three years ago.

[BengalChris]

(11-11-2021, 10:29 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Thornton ($9.1) + Hardy ($8.5) + James ($8.7) + Kelly ($4.0) + Clemmons ($2.8) + Herring ($5.5) + O'Neal ($4.1) + Nate Webster ($5.4) = $48.1

Hendrickson ($15.0) + Trae Waynes ($14.0) + Reader ($13.3M) + Riley Reiff ($7.5M) + Awuzie ($7.3M) + Ogunjobi ($6.2 M) + Bell ($6.0) + Hilton ($6.0) =  $75.3

Not even in the same ballpark.  Almost an extra $30 million per year.

While I don't disagree that the front office has done quite a bit more for Taylor than they ever did for Marvin, the gold I have says those 2004 dollars were worth a lot more each than today's devalued version.