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Originally Posted by Womble
Are they worth way more though? The average salary for the top 5 best paid LTs is $24.81m and the average salary for the top 5 best paid CBs is $21.89m. In fact the salaries below show that McDuffie is in line to be paid more than a good left tackle.
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I do actually think CBs are undervalued on the market at the moment.
That was the case with IOL for a bit -- when pass rushing interior lineman were getting BANK but the guys tasked with stopping them weren't. Now you have WRs getting paid $35 million at the top of the market but CBs are at $25 million.
There seems to be a disconnect in the market there. Sadly, we seemed content to close that gap with Creed and I think we'll probably regret that. If McDuffie has designs on same, we may have no choice but to move on from him.
But because he's (laughably) never made a pro bowl, he loses out on a pretty good chunk on his 5th year option (12.7 million instead of $17.1 for 1 PB, 20.4 for 2). That's a leverage point in LTC discussions. That would also likely serve to suppress his first year franchise # a bit.
So you have next season, his 5th year at about $12.7 million and a franchise figure that's probably at around 21 million. If you wanted to add 3 more years to that at $25 million per season, you'd be looking at a deal for 5 years, 108 million that would take him through age 29.
So say 5/$110 -- that's probably pretty fair. Surtain's 4/96 is gonna be his target but Surtain's 5th year option was $19.8 million and that would've boosted his franchise figure to about $24 million as well. He had another $12 million in 'guarantees' coming from the 5th year option and franchise tag over what McDuffie will have. Fair or not, it's negotiating leverage.