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Originally Posted by Miami Mike
Franchising Surtain will not cost much more then the 9 million we have already accounted for in our salary cap for him this year.
What is the projected pay of the top 5 corners in the NFL next year?
Not much more than 9 million......
You make a good point about not building a team around an expensive CB.
But to Franchise Surtain into a one year deal that has no future cap hits besides that current year (2006) would be easily done.
One of our main problems is we have some good young talent we want to put on the field at CB and there just isnt enough room.
Surtain is a damn good player and he has value.
And we could use the extra picks.
But were not going to give him away for the 100th pick in the draft.
Thats not going to happen.
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All good points, but when you can get cheaper talent onto the field at a position that the NFL has essentially de-clawed, most front offices will do it. To put it bluntly, you guys need too many players at too many positions (while you have oncoming talent at CB) to keep a guy that's making a ton of money in the middle of the rebuilding process.
I, for one, don't give a toot about Surtain. I'd much rather trade our 4th for a good linebacker. If he's worth so much more, then why are the Chiefs giving the best offer currently?