Breaking: Whit to Rams

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(03-10-2017, 01:44 AM)Wyche Wrote: ......but the cap goes up every year....Zeitler at 10 mil would be a bargain as early as next year.  They totally botched that.....and wasted a first round pick from the Palmer deal and stupidly overpaid the other player from that deal.

I don't know how the negotiations went, and I don't know if $10mill a year gets it done.  Just as teams are aware of the cap increasing, so are the players and agents.  Would Z take a $1.5 mill raise last year and lose out on an extra $2mill a year for the next 5?  I can't answer that.  

What I can answer is that even $10 mill a year is a lot for a very good, but not elite RG.  Bolling makes about $5 mill a year, so is one Zeitler worth two Bollings?  I personally don't think so.  The top guys at their positions often get inflated deals over their counterparts.  For example, Chance Warmack, a serviceable starting RG, signed a one year, $1.5 mill deal with the Eagles.