DJ's left nut |
03-14-2015 11:43 AM |
Structure, people.
Structure, structure, structure, structure. Calm down before your flip your shit because the structure will determine absolutely everything about this deal.
In the end I think we'll probably be a little annoyed by the deal, but not $6 mil/per annoyed.
He's a guy that credibly plays single-high safety and there just aren't a lot of those to be found. A TON of our success on deep balls last year came from his ability to really blanket deep. Additionally, with a healthy Branch, Abdullah could play nickle safety like he did a couple years back and you suddenly have a pretty nice coverage package and credible run defense with Branch/Abdullah being well above average for SS and NCB respectively and Parker being merely average in run defense for a FS.
This gives Sutton a TON of looks he can employ. Parker's a very nice fit for what we would try to do.
Wait until the structure trickles out before you lose your shit. If we end up paying him $12 million over the first 3, it's a solid deal, $15 million and it's a mild overpay but nothing brutal. Beyond that and I think we got hosed. Hosed or not hosed though, he's a good fit here.
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