NFL Free Agency 2016

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Giantone

Tom who?Tom is the super star and paid like it and Gronk is a star in my book but all the others on you list might have been stars or were stars at other teams when all were with the Patriots they were good solid players .

but how many in that list were paid like superstars when first signing with the Pats.

Overpaying for solid players is still overpaying

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

but how many in that list were paid like superstars when first signing with the Pats.

Overpaying for solid players is still overpaying

Considering market value in the NFL keeps changing it's a hard question to answer also if the Patriots made it to or won a super bowl then I would argue that no one was "over paid".

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Giantone

Considering market value in the NFL keeps changing it's a hard question to answer also if the Patriots made it to or won a super bowl then I would argue that no one was "over paid".

Market value is set at the time of purchase, so it's really not a hard question to answer.

Your second part is to argue that winning a superbowl makes overpayment irrelevant, and I could accept that thought (as most Redskins fans have been forced to several times in the 2000's), except that historically overpaying a player, or players, has not been a successful path to the Superbowl. There isn't one good example of a team overpaying across the board in free agency, and reaching the SB that year. However, there are myriads of examples of teams who have tried, only to find themselves weighted down with bad contracts and underperforming athletes.