not a problem.. but then again whether the Browns would have paid him $10mil next year or the Jags and Browns $18mm over the next 2 years, still who'd have thought a quality center would be valued at even close to that valuation so it shouldn't be surprising if a first round center who's play lived up to his draft order should at the least command more than that original mid first round pick. :up:
Beyond idiocy to pay that much for any center, but If people want to model themselves after the Browns and Jags whatever.
This is the problem with having bad drafts , having to overpay in free agency.
The Browns gambled that somebody would sign Mack and set his value and now its 8.5 million.
No other team made effort to sign Mack because they knew they would be overpaying.
Mack is damn good center but he is not a top 10 lineman in the league.
The Browns always have to overpay to keep good talent.
We are under no pressure to pay Pouncey that type of money.
We have him for two more years, We can come to a much fairer contract if we act early.
If he is set on 10 million a year then we should be looking to trade him at some point.
We did the same thing as the Browns when we way overpaid Solai when we franchised him.
I kind of noticed how Solai never made that kind of money untagged.
Pouncey is a good player and Im fine with rewarding him although I would keep guaranteed money as low as possible and definitely put character clauses in his contract.
