(12-06-2017, 05:00 AM)Jags02 Wrote:

(12-06-2017, 02:13 AM)FreeAgent01 Wrote: 8 -10 million puts Colvin in the high end starting cornerback market.  I doubt he'll make Chris Harris, Jimmy Smith, Joe Haden money.  I'd put him more in the range of players like Brandon Carr, Buster Skrine, and Jeremy Lane, especially with his injury and PED suspension history.

Also, House got 6 million per year to be our top corner and most thought he was overpaid.

No... look again.

$8 to 10 mil is just about right for Colvin as top flight nickel back. The "high end starting CB market" this offseason is going to be more like $12 to $14 mil with top guys possibly making $20 mil per. I've been thinking we should offer Colvin $9 mil per and then start praying it's enough... although someone else still probably pays him more.

As for House... he's a backup caliber player who really shouldn't be starting in this league.

$8-10 million is nowhere near right for a nickel corner. There is only 1, maybe 2 contracts in the NFL where a nickel corner was paid more than $5 million per year to play nickel and they are both currently starting. Buster Skrine has been the highest paid nickel corner at a little over 6 million. Could Colvin see $8 million? Maybe if a bidding war were to happen, but $9 million per year and up is for the top 15 cornerbacks in the NFL. I don't see anyone viewing Colvin as one of the best corners in the league, especially with injury and PED suspension history. $5-6 million is very fair.

No cornerback will sniff $20 million next year. The richest cornerback contract ever given was $15 million. Do you really think anyone in the league could command a 33% pay increase over the next highest paid player at their position, let alone Trumaine Johnson, Malcolm Butler, and Vontae Davis?

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