(10-26-2017, 03:06 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(10-26-2017, 02:43 PM)JaguarsWoman Wrote: Exactly how is $11 million per year expensive for him? As someone noted earlier, the highest-paid 4-3 OLB earns $12.5 million, and Jamie Collins is not my idea of an elite player.

There aren't that many 4-3 WLBs in the NFL anymore. Jamie Collins is not one of them, BTW. He plays SAM for the browns and was a 3-4 OLB before that. Bad comparison. 

Lavonte David was previously the highest paid weak side linebacker that I am aware of playing in a traditional 4-3 defense. 

He is paid 10 million a year.

So, yes, 11 million dollars per year for Telvin to play WLB in a 4-3 defense is expensive.  He's probably worth it in the long run, but it makes him the highest paid at his position to my knowledge. 

You really should learn to compose your posts without any condescending tone.  The fact that you are often condescending coupled with the fact that you frequently have no idea what you are talking about is THE reason why people give you such a hard time. 

Work on cutting out the condescension please, as a favor to me and to yourself.

To be fair, SAM is technically an OLB and when I originally mentioned contracts (where JDub is referring to Collins) I posted 4-3 OLB salaries, in which Collins is the highest, followed by Burfict who is also a SLB. Then you have Telvin, then David.

Of ALL LBs, Telvin is 7th, which is still cheaper than the talk of tagging him would have been. He may be the highest paid as a WLB, but it's not vastly more or even really out of line. He likely would have gotten more on the open market.

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