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Originally Posted by DiehardKingsFan  What the **** are we thinking, giving these enormous contracts to players who haven't proved their worth?
Kelly and Wilson are solid players no doubt, but this is absolutely ridiculous, giving them that kind of money as if they were in the NFL's elite.
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Because when you're bad you have to overpay for "decent-good" players. That's just the way it is.
The thing with NFL contracts is players NEVER get the full amount. So the guaranteed number is the one to look at. Kelly got overpaid, but he's a player who has shown flashes of talent, he's not worth the money he got, especially coming off ACL surgery but he's not going to get all 50 million that the Raiders signed him to.
Same with Wilson, he's a good safety not a great one. It's a huge position of need for the Raiders, 16 million guaranteed over 6 years isn't terrible and damn near every team is way under the cap. I'm happy that this means Stuart Schwiegert is no longer going to receive any signifigant playing time and hopefully is cut.