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Well, if you're going to pay people, it makes sense to pay the positions that (a) are the most important on the defense (pass defense) and that (b) never come off the field.
If you've got that part locked down you can throw draft picks at the situational people in the front seven.
Yeah, but it is never good to have a lot of players among the highest paid players at their positions. Sherman is the highest. So is Thomas. Chancellor is up there. They also made Max Unger one of the highest paid centers. Russell Wilson will get one of the top QB contracts.
One of the reasons the Seahawks were so stacked last year was because they still had so much of their top talent playing under their rookie deals. By the end of next year, their three biggest names (Sherman, Thomas, and Wilson) will be among the highest paid players in the NFL at their position if not the highest.