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Had some fun with Excel this morning. Took the player salary numbers from USA Today and drew up a comparison of the Pats defense player salaries against the rest of the league. I used the Cap Value numbers for each player as that felt like the best option.
(Note that the numbers are from 2006 except for SS and FS which were 2005. USA Today didn't have 2006 salaries for those positions for some reason--given that the Pats didn't have much turnover at those positions I'm hoping it doesn't make much of a difference).
League-wide Defense Salaries (Cap Number):
Pos Plrs Pos Avg Plr Avg
DE 4.94 $9,537,290 $1,931,603.08
DT 4.47 $6,538,172 $1,463,087.41
LB 8.13 $11,466,991 $1,411,322.00
CB 5.75 $8,781,212 $1,527,167.28
SS 2.63 $2,390,131 $910,526.14
FS 2.41 $1,963,280 $815,908.49
28.31 $40,677,076 $1,436,717.92
Patriots Defense Salaries (Cap Number):
Pos Plrs Pos Tot Plr Avg
DE 4 $15,658,013 $3,914,503.25
DT 3 $2,643,430 $881,143.33
LB 12 $15,970,829 $1,330,902.42
CB 8 $3,967,030 $495,878.75
SS 3 $2,365,864 $788,621.33
FS 2 $1,214,071 $607,035.50
32 $41,819,237 $1,306,851.16
Not sure exactly what conclusions to draw, but what jumped out at me was that the Pats were carrying almost 4 more D players than the rest of the league while only spending slightly more cap.
I was also surprised that they carried so many more LBs (even with the 3-4) and so many more CBs than everybody else.
Anyway, something to chew on...
(Note that the numbers are from 2006 except for SS and FS which were 2005. USA Today didn't have 2006 salaries for those positions for some reason--given that the Pats didn't have much turnover at those positions I'm hoping it doesn't make much of a difference).
League-wide Defense Salaries (Cap Number):
Pos Plrs Pos Avg Plr Avg
DE 4.94 $9,537,290 $1,931,603.08
DT 4.47 $6,538,172 $1,463,087.41
LB 8.13 $11,466,991 $1,411,322.00
CB 5.75 $8,781,212 $1,527,167.28
SS 2.63 $2,390,131 $910,526.14
FS 2.41 $1,963,280 $815,908.49
28.31 $40,677,076 $1,436,717.92
Patriots Defense Salaries (Cap Number):
Pos Plrs Pos Tot Plr Avg
DE 4 $15,658,013 $3,914,503.25
DT 3 $2,643,430 $881,143.33
LB 12 $15,970,829 $1,330,902.42
CB 8 $3,967,030 $495,878.75
SS 3 $2,365,864 $788,621.33
FS 2 $1,214,071 $607,035.50
32 $41,819,237 $1,306,851.16
Not sure exactly what conclusions to draw, but what jumped out at me was that the Pats were carrying almost 4 more D players than the rest of the league while only spending slightly more cap.
I was also surprised that they carried so many more LBs (even with the 3-4) and so many more CBs than everybody else.
Anyway, something to chew on...
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