Quote:The question isn't whether we can afford it - of course we can. However, throwing out contracts that pay a player 40-50% more than the next highest in the league is bad business regardless of if you have the money. It's not going to take 'just an overpay', it's going to take an overpay so big that the team that spent years drafting, developing, and investing in him (and also has the most cap room in the league) would say nevermind that's way too much.


Is that really the prudent thing to do? It's a very tough question.

The real question is how much is too much?


Taking a look around the league the highest paid centers are Ryan Kahil and Nick Mangold. Both with contracts in the 50 million range with 19 and 16 mil guaranteed respectively. Would 25 million guaranteed be too much? Would Cleveland be willing to make Mack the highest paid center ever? Would we?

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