Uncle Si":12qh03r6 said:
farhat":12qh03r6 said:
Bennett says he wants to be paid like a top 8 player at his position. That means he wants $11 million, which is what Calais Campbell makes. Bennett currently makes $7.125 million. Getting Bennett up to $11 million would make him the 3rd highest paid player on our roster after Sherman and Lynch. He would be getting paid more than Earl Thomas and Jimmy Graham.
Bennett is insane.
Bennett wants money.. how is that insane?
Unrealistic is probably a better word, given all the facts. He signed a long-term contract just one year ago and made $10 million last year, including his signing bonus. He is currently playing on a guaranteed year of his contract that he elected to sign worth $6 million. According to Spotrac, that is the 12th highest paid salary for a 4-3 DE in 2015. Bennett has never produced a double-digit sack season, while every DE with a higher average annual salary has had at a minimum 12 sacks in a season. All but Chris Long and Junior Galette have had 50+ tackle seasons; Galette has really been more of a 3-4 OLB to this point. Watt also probably does not belong on this list as a 3-4 DE/DT. Mario Williams is moving back to 3-4 OLB this year, etc.
1. JJ Watt -- $16,666,667 APY, 20.5-sack-and-81-tackle season on resume
2. Mario Williams -- $16,000,000 APY, 14-sack-and-59-tackle season on resume
3. Jason Pierre Paul -- $14,813,000 APY, 16.5-sack-and-86-tackle season on resume
4. Robert Quinn -- $14,253,724 APY, 19-sack-and-57-tackle season on resume
5. Charles Johnson -- $12,666,667 APY, 12.5-sack-and-41-tackle season on resume, also 62 tackles and 11.5 sacks
6. Chris Long -- $12,050,000 APY, 13-sack-and-37-tackle season on resume
7. Greg Hardy -- $11,311,600 APY (only around $3 million guaranteed), 15-sack-and-59-tackle season on resume
8. Junior Galette -- $10,375,000 APY, 12-sack-and-40-tackle season on resume
9. DeMarcus Ware -- $10,000,000 APY, 20-sack-and-84-tackle season on resume
10. Everson Griffen -- $8,500,000 APY, 12-sack-and-57-tackle season on resume
11. Cameron Wake -- $8,300,000 APY, 15-sack-and-53-tackle season on resume
11. Jared Allen -- $8,300,000 APY, 22-sack-and-66-tackle season on resume
13. Cliff Avril -- $7,125,000 APY, 11-sack-and-36-tackle season on resume
13. Michael Bennett -- $7,125,000 APY, 9-sack-and-41-tackle season on resume
Bennett has had only one 40+ tackle season in his career: 41 tackles and 9.0 sacks in his final year with Tampa Bay, but he generated so little free agency interest after that season that he ended up signing a one-year "prove it" deal with the Seahawks. His tackle and sack totals then declined to 31 and 8.5, respectively, in 2013. Bennett started 16 games last season -- for only the 2nd time in his career -- but his sack total actually declined once again to seven to go along with 38 tackles. Given these facts, pressuring the team into giving him more money for a preexisting duty would be an act of bad faith.