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(08-09-2017, 09:08 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Spending a 1st Round pick on a Center is a waste because if they turn into an All-Pro the Bengals would never retain them once their contract is up.

It's obvious that the Bengals won't pay big money for G and C. Despite the fact that Guards are getting paid more around the league as the evolution of the league makes G more important.

I wouldn't call it a waste.  We'd at least have an All Pro C for 5 years.  

As the cap escalates, everyone gets more money.  Guards are still not highly paid players.  Bolling is 25th this year in the NFL amongst Guards in average pay at $5.2 mil and and Andre is tied for 29th at $3.25 mil.  The median for a starting guard is still only $3 mil.  The Patriots highest paid G is Joe Thuney at just over $800k.  There are only 6 G's in the league averaging over $10 mil a year, only 25 making over $5 mil a year, and only 61 making over $1 mil.  By comparison, there's 83 S's, 92 CB's, 138 LB's, 70 DT's, 
81 DE's, 81 T's, and 100 WR's that average $1 mil or more per year.  Zeitler is the highest paid G in the league, but still only tied for the 69th highest paid player.  Among non-specialists, only FB's, TE's, and C's have a smaller max contract.  Interesting side note, but TJ Johnson is actually the NFL's 22nd highest paid C.