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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
I think you're talking $6-7 million on the low end, to be honest.
Is his resume any worse than what Hayden or Robey-Coleman took into FA last year? I don't think it is at all. Frankly, it's probably better. TJ Carrie snagged nearly $8 million/season and I think Nelson's showing out easily as well as Carrie did last season, probably better.
Robey-Coleman is at the bottom of your range there at a tick over $5 million with Carrie just under 8. He's not gonna stay under the radar like Gaines or jump into the CB1 tier like Fuller did, but if Aaron Colvin can go out there and get $8 million as a CB3 who's being brought in as a likely Nickel, then Nelson establishing himself as a potential starting #2 is gonna get paid.
You ready to get into that $8-9 million range if the market comes together for him? It very well could. The Chiefs need someone like Ward or Smith to step into that role in a big way next season and I'll be honesty - they should try HARD to get Fuller extended this off-season to keep him out of the market, especially coming off what appears to potentially be a down season for him.
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That's what i'd be afraid of.
Fuller seems to be playing better as the season is wearing on, but whats the saying, high tides raise all ships?
As the cap goes up, contracts go up. It's just whats gonna happen. It's also what makes hitting on draft picks so important. I'm not sure what you do in the secondary next year. They don't really have a whole hell of a lot of options. Everyone will say "they've got 55 mil in cap space" but that's gonna get eat up pretty quick with some in house extensions.
Plus, in reality looking around the league, that's not a whole lot. Some of these shit bird teams have 70 mil. You just are gonna have a tough time bidding with that.
Whats killing the Chiefs is these damn albatross defensive shitty contracts. Berry, Houston and Hitch need to get their shit together and contribute.