I have said absolutely nothing about Arrington's average compensation either this year or last.
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I'm not going to continue this type of argument. Our perspectives are different. Belichick had a choice whether to pay Arrington $3M for his 2015 services. His signing bonus is sunk cost and irrelevant to the decision with regarding to keeping him on board. His 2015 services are either worth $3M or they are not.
In 2014, Arrington was due $2M of new money for his 2014 services. In addition, there would have been a large 2014 cap hit if he were cut. Given the cap situation, and given that Arrington was worth at least $2M, Arrington was kept. He might have hired a slot for under $2M. He might have used one of the other five corners at nickel. Belichick CHOSE to pay Arrington $2M of new money.
And we had probably hundreds of posts with regard to whether Arrington should have been cut in 2014. The conclusions was that given the cap situation, the cost of $2, and the rest of the corners that we had, Arrington should be kept for 2014.
I believe that most posters also believed that Arrington's contract for 2015 would have to reduced or he would be cut. We discussed the possibility of an extension with less new money that the scheduled amounts for 2015 and 2016.
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At any point, you can argue whether signing Arrington was worth the money. That is a different discussion. That is an evaluation of his contract.
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