<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ingibbsitrust @ Nov 30th ) [snapback]1802616[/snapback]</div>
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Performance matters.... Gibbs wanted "role players" over the super star FA and thats why they signed the players they did.... has is worked out so far? No, but they are also young and have many more years ahead of them, which is also a change from the 2000 signings
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and my how that 4-7 team is performing.
think about it from a non-redskins fans perspective (if possible).
if AA, carter and twaan were brought in to be "role players" why on god's green earth would you pay them like superstars?..as each of them has a contract worth $30M or more which is way above average market value when you take into consideration their performance relative to the rest of the league at their respective positions.
lets do some comparative analysis. derrick burgess leaves the eagles for the raiders in '05 to become more than a role player @ 5 years $17.5 M. since then derrick burgess has 24.5 sacks in 25 games..pretty damn impressive. carter signs a deal to be (as you've suggested) a role player @ 5 years $30 M. his output? 2 sacks in 11 games. brutal.
my beef with the skins and snyder's frivolous off-season spending is it sets a horrible precedence for the rest of the league and soon to be free agents (and coaches for that matter as what they paid gregg williams and al saunders is just ludicrous).....and don't think players don't think like this as when ray lewis signed his big deal w/ the ravens, he said something to the effect of "brian urlacher can thank me for making him a very rich man" as he re-set the market w/ his deal at that time.