01-20-2022, 12:11 PM
(01-20-2022, 11:45 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: To be fair, we signed him before our team was good in any way, so I think we had to "overpay" for free agents during that 2020 off season. You saw it with the Reader contract too, as we made him the highest paid NT in the NFL at the time.
When you have a bad team, sometimes you have to overpay to entice the free agents to take a chance on the team. If Waynes had performed to a respectable degree, about equivalent to his performance at the end of his Minnesota career, I don't think we'd be too upset about his contract. He may not be "worth it" but he'd still be a good contributor to the team and an upgrade over what we had.
True, but at least with Reader he is playing well. Waynes is just collecting his paycheck and not doing much. Reminds me of AJ Green during his final year here.
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