OT: Eagles Sign Vinny Curry 5years/$47.25mil

Eagles DE Vinny Curry signs 5-year, $47.25 million contract extension, per report

The Eagles just drove the price for Jones, Hightower, and Collins well over $10M with this nonsense deal...

Good for Curry that he got paid I just wish we didn't have 3 players significantly better than him entering contract years right now.

Why would it effect Hightower and Collins? They are LBs, he is a DE.

LaVonte David's deal (5 years/$50m ($25m gtd)) set the market for Hightower and Collins

Say what you want I do not feel the patriots should give jones a big deal he is not a dominate player

Irrelevant to Hightower/Collins since they aren't even in the same position.

I love Jones and I'd love to see him stick around, but he's not worth that much. I personally wouldn't pay him more than $8 million a year. We will see how much Belichick values Jones but I don't think we will see Jones after next season.

I know! I'm trying to understand what the hell the Eagles were doing with this one...

Joey007 said:

I know! I'm trying to understand what the hell the Eagles were doing with this one...

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So are Iggles fans.

Should we be surprised in the market for this level of DE and LB is $9-$10M AAV?

The open question is who Belichick will sign/extend for that amount of money.

JMC00 said:

Why would it effect Hightower and Collins? They are LBs, he is a DE.

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Flash said:

Irrelevant to Hightower/Collins since they aren't even in the same position.

I love Jones and I'd love to see him stick around, but he's not worth that much. I personally wouldn't pay him more than $8 million a year. We will see how much Belichick values Jones but I don't think we will see Jones after next season.

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Curry plays OLB and DE for the Eagles. He is a front 7 player and his contract will have an impact on all 3, it would be completely naive to believe that mediocre player signing a $9.5M per year deal wouldn't impact Collins and Hightower.

mgteich said:

Should we be surprised in the market for this level of DE and LB is $9-$10M AAV?

The open question is who Belichick will sign/extend for that amount of money.

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Yeah we should be surprised that a player with 12 tackles and 3.5 sacks last year received a $9.5M+ contract.

Nate Ebner had more tackles than Curry.. I would be scared if someone wasn't surprised.

FWIW:

Just in case people thought the Pats might somehow sign Vinny Curry, a part time rotational player who only fit into one scheme, here's your reality check. Teams are going to be paying young, unproven free agents this offseason like they have monopoly money because #potential and #upside. I desperately want the Pats to upgrade at a couple positions this offseason through free agency, but the FA class if pretty weak (except maybe at Oline) and there's a lot of homegrown talent to be taken care of first, so i'm not overly optimistic that will happen.

Here's to Bill proving me wrong and Forehead getting demolished on Sunday.

DEs get paid a lot. Other positions don't as much. What's the issue here?

TBR said:

FWIW:

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PFF was paid off to fluff up his stats.

Integrity*

Meanwhile we pay Jabaal Sheard 5.5 million per year. These idiots wonder why they can't build successful teams.

So....this means that Chandler Jones won't be staying on for a 5/35 type of contract?

This, in a nutshell, is why I'm pretty sure Jones is gone after next season. Sucks, but it is what it is; if Vinny Curry is worth that much, I don't even want to know what Jones is worth. He's going to hit FA a year younger than Curry is now, as a much better and much more versatile player with over twice as many sacks. Better for the Pats to use what money they have to lock up Collins, Hightower and Butler.

Mock Traded for'm 2 Years ago, when the Eagles were ~ inexplicably ~ looking to dump the guy!!

BradyFTW! said:

This, in a nutshell, is why I'm pretty sure Jones is gone after next season. Sucks, but it is what it is; if Vinny Curry is worth that much, I don't even want to know what Jones is worth. He's going to hit FA a year younger than Curry is now, as a much better and much more versatile player with over twice as many sacks. Better for the Pats to use what money they have to lock up Collins, Hightower and Butler.

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Yup, this is exactly why i don't understand in any way how we would be able to keep all 3. Collins and Hightower by their position should probably be in the 5-6yr/$45-55mil range, while some team would probably pay north of 5yr/$65mil simply based on Jones' sack production. Factor in his every down type role, and it could go up. Again, Jones is a great player, but I don't think he's worth that to the Pats...especially considering recent history of not showing up in big games from a pass rush perspective.

The salary cap is going up and so will the contracts.