Galian Beast
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It's hard to put together a complete team while you're paying a Quarterback 18+ million per year.
We've seen a lot of success with teams that build teams and draft young talented quarterbacks and are able to have success during their rookie contracts.
Outside of having success in that rookie contract, star quarterbacks immediately impede the ability of a team to win a super bowl, and at the very least must produce at a top level to warrant the investment.
The Seahawks won the Super Bowl last year and returned to it this year. However, soon they'll need to pay Russell Wilson, and that will come at a detriment to their defense.
You can see the same thing with the Ravens and the 49ers. You can see it with the Falcons, you can even see it with the Saints. And you can definitely see it with the Bears. You can also see it with the Chiefs.
That brings me to Tony Romo. Tony Romo is the 8th highest paid quarterback in the NFL and last year he was the highest rated quarterback in the NFL... that's really good value. Aaron Rodgers isn't 4 million dollars a year better than Tony Romo.
The Chiefs are paying Alex Smith 17 million dollars a year, one less than Romo... They aren't going to win with that formula. Matt Stafford gets almost as much as Romo does. The Lions aren't going to win with that formula.
Phillip Rivers is a very underrated and underpaid QB, if he goes somewhere and keeps his contract demands similar to what they are now, and the team is better built. He'll probably win a super bowl before he retires. He shouldn't stay in San Diego, just as Drew Brees was fortunate not to stay.
The problem is always balance, and high paid QBs destroy that balance. It's much more difficult to put an offense together than a defense, because on offense you need a QB, and any QB that stays with you more than their rookie deal is probably going to cost you a lot whether they are great or not.
The best part of putting together a defense is not overpaying defensive players. You have a smart defensive coordinator and you give them time and resources to implement their system, and they'll give you a top 10 defense. Period. Point Blank. And generally, as long as you don't overload on offense, defenses can be good in perpetuity.
We're far away from that, but what we can do for the rest of the Romo era is invest in the defense. We can avoid drafting a quarterback too early, who will sit for a long time, and then only have a couple years before their expense hurts the team. You have to time it right.
In 2009 the Seahawks were the 25th ranked defense in the NFL. In 2010 they were the 25th ranked defense in the NFL.
Pete Carroll turned that team around (though I've lost all respect for him none the less)
He brought in Gus Bradley to be defensive coordinator. The thing is, they didn't just go signing the best free agent defensive players out there. No... In 2013 it should be noted that they were 14th in the league in defensive spending... They were 12th in 2014.
The Cowboys were 28th this year... and yet we ranked 15th in points allowed...
Part of the problem is all the dead money we've been dealing with and the missed draft choices, but we have an opportunity to turn the corner, and we should be excited about it.
We're going to have to pay Dez, but outside of that, we shouldn't break the bank for anyone. Not for Murray, not for Suh..., not for anyone.
The Seahawks just resigned Sherman and Thomas who are now their highest paid players, but they aren't breaking the bank for players either.
The reality is that we haven't drafted well enough on defense to not bring in free agents early on. We need to sign some nice 3-4 year contracts with some free agents this year as we restart this defensive rebuild.
What that means however is that we need to be able to afford those players, and the cuts need to come from offense. It needs to come from Doug Free and it needs to come from Murray.
We've seen a lot of success with teams that build teams and draft young talented quarterbacks and are able to have success during their rookie contracts.
Outside of having success in that rookie contract, star quarterbacks immediately impede the ability of a team to win a super bowl, and at the very least must produce at a top level to warrant the investment.
The Seahawks won the Super Bowl last year and returned to it this year. However, soon they'll need to pay Russell Wilson, and that will come at a detriment to their defense.
You can see the same thing with the Ravens and the 49ers. You can see it with the Falcons, you can even see it with the Saints. And you can definitely see it with the Bears. You can also see it with the Chiefs.
That brings me to Tony Romo. Tony Romo is the 8th highest paid quarterback in the NFL and last year he was the highest rated quarterback in the NFL... that's really good value. Aaron Rodgers isn't 4 million dollars a year better than Tony Romo.
The Chiefs are paying Alex Smith 17 million dollars a year, one less than Romo... They aren't going to win with that formula. Matt Stafford gets almost as much as Romo does. The Lions aren't going to win with that formula.
Phillip Rivers is a very underrated and underpaid QB, if he goes somewhere and keeps his contract demands similar to what they are now, and the team is better built. He'll probably win a super bowl before he retires. He shouldn't stay in San Diego, just as Drew Brees was fortunate not to stay.
The problem is always balance, and high paid QBs destroy that balance. It's much more difficult to put an offense together than a defense, because on offense you need a QB, and any QB that stays with you more than their rookie deal is probably going to cost you a lot whether they are great or not.
The best part of putting together a defense is not overpaying defensive players. You have a smart defensive coordinator and you give them time and resources to implement their system, and they'll give you a top 10 defense. Period. Point Blank. And generally, as long as you don't overload on offense, defenses can be good in perpetuity.
We're far away from that, but what we can do for the rest of the Romo era is invest in the defense. We can avoid drafting a quarterback too early, who will sit for a long time, and then only have a couple years before their expense hurts the team. You have to time it right.
In 2009 the Seahawks were the 25th ranked defense in the NFL. In 2010 they were the 25th ranked defense in the NFL.
Pete Carroll turned that team around (though I've lost all respect for him none the less)
He brought in Gus Bradley to be defensive coordinator. The thing is, they didn't just go signing the best free agent defensive players out there. No... In 2013 it should be noted that they were 14th in the league in defensive spending... They were 12th in 2014.
The Cowboys were 28th this year... and yet we ranked 15th in points allowed...
Part of the problem is all the dead money we've been dealing with and the missed draft choices, but we have an opportunity to turn the corner, and we should be excited about it.
We're going to have to pay Dez, but outside of that, we shouldn't break the bank for anyone. Not for Murray, not for Suh..., not for anyone.
The Seahawks just resigned Sherman and Thomas who are now their highest paid players, but they aren't breaking the bank for players either.
The reality is that we haven't drafted well enough on defense to not bring in free agents early on. We need to sign some nice 3-4 year contracts with some free agents this year as we restart this defensive rebuild.
What that means however is that we need to be able to afford those players, and the cuts need to come from offense. It needs to come from Doug Free and it needs to come from Murray.
