idhawkman wrote:He's a good player and will be for the next year or year and a half. Too bad the refs in the NFL have it in for him though. He'll get every ticky tack PI called against him for the rest of his career. If you have 3rd and 20+ just go after RS and draw the PI for a first down.
That plus his age is way too much money for 3 years. I'm glad he's drawing money away from other positions on your team though. I believe the best teams in the league will be those that have QBs on their first contract and can afford to pay talented young players who are also on their first contracts. The only reason that the Pats have been in the SB the last few years is because Brady reduced his contract to about $17M so he could have supporting players around him.
When you bloat your roster with 6 or 7 players who take up 70%+ of your cap, you are doomed for failure.
I don't know his contract and I generally don't pay attention to the ins and outs of them, but it is reportedly heavy on incentives. So I am thinking if he hits every mark and earns it, then it's worth it. If he falls short then he'll likely be paid his true worth under the terms of the contract. So, after thinking about it, I am all in on it. He knows the ins and outs of study, technique etc, so I think at the very worst he'll be a "decent"to solid cover guy. I expect him to compete hard, make his typical instinctual plays and come up and support on the run. That'll be good enough for me. Not expecting anything close to a "lockdown" corner. That's an upgrade over what we had last year, which was flat out bad play.
I found John Lynch's opening comments interesting. He focused primarily on RS' leadership and mentoring of our young secondary. And then the last sentence almost seemed like an afterthought that "he's also one of the best corners in the game [paraphrase]". Reading between the lines it sounds like they think his main value is in teaching, leading and mentoring. I hope he's much more than that, but I'll bet the contract reflects Lynch's statements.