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Originally Posted by Kiimo
Enjoy 5% of our cap for our starting left tackle while you can.
If Simmons works out he's gonna demand insane money
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Oh I'm fine with 5% of the cap for a starting LT. Elated, in fact.
It's if he's the BACKUP LT or swing tackle that I'm taking umbrage with, and that's what some folks are suggesting.
That a dude coming off a nasty knee injury -- a rookie no less -- is going to come in and push a guy to the bench who's responsible for 5% of our cap. Or funnier still, the 2 year starter here who's been outstanding in the playoffs on our way to a championship and another AFC championship and who's responsible for damn near 10% of our cap.
I'm just saying - it's not nothing. It's a fine figure for ANY viable starter. I mean name a position on the team and in a vacuum, there's an argument for being willing to pay that amount for a starting caliber player. Probably not RB, but damn near everywhere else -- it's at worst, a TOLERABLE number for a starting caliber player.
I'm just saying that I wouldn't hand-waive the consequences of just benching the guy.