Quote:Miller will get 20 million. And that might be a low ball. He put up the greatest season imaginable in a conttact year.


Jackson is in 12-16 million range. Thats how this works in free agnecy. If you dont like the prices then just stay away from it because the contracts get out of hand. The value you assess to a guy is not the value they get in free agency. You have to have a limit you will go to and wont go over. Mine would be 5 year 80 mil which isnt bad and is the max. Thats about 16 mil a year. And he really wont see the whole 80 mil. Really about 40 of it honestly.

Why not go $20 million or $25 million? We have the money.


Lets be honest, he would see most of that $80 million unless he were cut early into his contract, and like has been alluded to, if you front load that contract, he will definitely see most of that money.


I expect Malik and others to be overpaid, as is customary every free agency, just not to the grandiose scale that has been suggested. The top 3/5T tweeners dont just go from making $8.5 million to $14 million plus over one season... Especially when Malik Jackson hasnt done anything significant to warrant it. $10-11 million is fair market value for him in free agency and anything over gets into the territory of gross mismanagement. He may end up getting $12 or $13 million, but its a real gross overpay. I'm just going by free agency contract history.

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