Sean Taylor's Contract

[PSUSkinsFan21]

I'd still like to see some numbers comparing Taylor's contract with other top safeties in the league. That's the more relevant comparison if Taylor is claiming he is underpaid. You don't see Chris Cooley saying, "hey, did you see what that Peyton Manning guy just got? I feel like I'm getting the shaft." Yes, Taylor was drafted in the top 10, but he's a safety. Safeties don't get QB, WR, RB, TE pay. They just don't. Of course he's getting less than Winslow (and others drafted around him), any safety in the history of the league would be.

I just wish we had some numbers to back up the assumptions flying around that Taylor got screwed. I tried finding them, and came up almost empty. I know Taylor is getting paid more than Ed Reed and Roy Williams, but I guess that's not enough.

And as for pissing him off? F- Him. If he's the type of player to sign a contract and then not want to play under it less than 365 days later (Hello, can you say second coming of T.O.?), and if he's the type of player who wants to blame the world for all of his problems (i.e. if his agent dropped the ball and didn't get every dollar out of the Skins that he could have), then I'm not so sure I want him as a long term Skin. Nobody is irreplaceable. The franchise won't fall to pieces if Taylor plays out his contract and then leaves pissed of at the skins. I just don't understand the desire to cater to this second-year player.