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Originally Posted by kccrow
Karlaftis is available and consistent, for starters. He's a plus player in all facets. I conceded he's not a game changer but he is extremely solid against the run and the pass. He continues to increase his number of pressures and QB hits. The increases in sacks may still come. If he can add 3 sacks per season, I think many would be signing a different tune. He's still young enough to grow significantly yet in terms of strength and technique.
In my opinion, he's a better player than Rashaan Gary, who got 24 m per. He's certainly going to command no less than the 17m per that Huff got last year. That may help quantify his value.
DEs of at least his quality don't grow on trees. There's, on average, one per team. If you guys want one of the top tier plus him, that's pretty rare overall in the league. Most of the teams that have two traded for or signed a UFA for at least one of those.
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Right. Karlaftis, to me, does all the things that makes guys like Sam Hubbard start-able players (consistent, available, high motor, good effort against run and pass), but he adds on quite a bit more pass rush ability.
Your DL probably isn't awesome if he's your best DE (unless your DTs are just monsters), but if he's 2a or 2b on your DL, you're in pretty good shape.
$24M seems like a bit much to pay for that type of player, but we'll see what the market looks like soon (and that makes the case for extending him while you still have the lower costs of year 4 and rookie option year 5 to use as negotiating sticks to keep the overall price down).