(02-03-2023, 01:39 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(02-03-2023, 01:13 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: https://www.si.com/nfl/jaguars/news/what...-arden-key

PFF gives their projections in this article.

Taylor- 4 for 57 and 33.5 guaranteed
Engram: 3 for 38 and  25 guaranteed
Key: 2 for 18.5 and 11.5 guaranteed

Four years for $57M with $33.5M guaranteed? Holy [BLEEP] [BLEEP]. I mean, I guess? That puts him inside the top 10 I believe. No [BLEEP] way he's a top 10 RT. Would really like to see the PFF grades and whatnot as a whole on the year for that group across the NFL. $14.25M APY? 

Gross. 

Engram for $38M over three years with $25M guaranteed. Honestly. That's a little rich for my blood as well. $12.6M APY? I mean, I can kind of see that I guess. He WAS statistically a pretty good receiving threat from his position group across the NFL. I guess that's fair. 

Key at $18.5M over two years is really high though. Granted. We didn't really use him like a starter, correct? He was more of a rotational player. If I am paying him $9.25M per year he's starting for me on my team somehow. If I have to switch to a base 4 - 3 and kick Walker inside at DT to move Key into the DE position full time to justify it I would do it.

I've made this point over and over.  That salary for Taylor might make him the 7th highest paid RT, but in 2024, he'll be the 12th highest paid RT, and in 2025, he'll be the 17th highest paid RT.   And for his entire contract, he'll probably average somewhere around 20th highest paid RT.  RTs are going to be signing new deals every year, and he will be steadily pushed down the list.  He'll start with the 7th or 10th highest pay for a RT, and at the end of his deal he will end up as the 30th or 31st highest paid.  Salaries. Keep. Going. Up.

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