05-17-2016, 12:15 PM
(05-17-2016, 11:57 AM)fredtoast Wrote: The top 2 paid safeties (Eric Berry, Earl Thomas) both have average salaries of $10 million.
The #10 paid safety (based on average salary) is Aaron Williams at $6.5 million.
Williams deal averages $4.9 million. That may seem a little high because it ranks him about #20, but new contracts are always a little higher then the old ones. If he plays out the whole contract he will be one of the lower paid safeties in 4 years.
His deal is very comparable to that of guys like TJ Ward, Mike Mitchell and Antoine Bethea. It's right below, and not at all far off from guys like Eric Weddle and Morgan Burnett.
It seems like a bit of head scratcher to be in such a rush to pay a play with 4 career starts a TJ Ward level contract.
To each their own, but I would have rather paid a know commodity in Reggie Nelson for another season, and revaluated Williams's situation after the year.
