Burns is back in pads at practice

[Mr. Scot]

27 minutes ago, therealmjl said:

If by the "actual practice drills" you mean individual non-contact drills - sure.

 

7 minutes ago, JawnyBlaze said:

 

[therealmjl]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

 

 

That was just posted. I’m glad to see it.

[t96]

1 hour ago, tukafan21 said:

I think the whole tier system is also a fallacy

Elite players don't grow on trees, this isn't like an accountant, where if the person you want is asking for too much money, you can easily pass on him and go out and get someone equally as good for less money.  You don't pay a player because of what they're worth, you pay a player because of what they're worth to another team because you have to beat them out on contract offers.

If Burns were an unrestricted FA right now, he'd easily get a contract over $25 million and probably pushing $30, because another team in need of pass rushing would give it to him as you have to overpay to get players of his talent.

So in essence, you're never paying the player for what they're worth, you're paying what it takes to keep the player from going to another team, and once you look at it like that, you can't look at players in terms of tiers of elite status or even what others have been paid.

You can see the same thing in reverse right now for RB's.  There were a ton of RBs on the market this year, which is why they struggled to get good contracts, because if a team passed on an RB, there were a plethora of other options out there, which isn't the case with top end pass rushers.

lol you pay a player what they are worth to your team relative to how else you can spend the $, you can't be influenced by the market if it doesn't make sense within the team's internal cap structure and allocation. There are so many factors and moving pieces, if you don't pay Burns you don't need to replace him with another elite pass rusher, in a cap league you just need to utilize that cap in a way that impacts the team winning more than keeping Burns would at whatever that cap hit would be. Not every super bowl winning team has an individual elite pass rusher, and not many have 1 that is among the highest paid defensive players. Look at the Chiefs not caving to Chris Jones' demands and look at the Patriots letting Chandler Jones go. And Burns isn't even their caliber of player. You have to be prepared to let players go and be smart with contracts. The teams who continuously overpay in free agency generally do not have success.

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[Ricky Prickles]

19 hours ago, shaqattaq said:

well....

And........he did. Yikes