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08-24-2004, 09:53 AM
This is from: Don Seeholzer / FOXSports.com thought it was inteesting!
In the high-rent district of the NFL, as with most commercial real estate, you get what you pay for. But not always.
For every free-agent bargain, there's a costly mistake. For every late-round draft gem, a first-round bust.
"Let the buyer beware" is more than an excuse to dust off your old high school Latin (Caveat emptor, Brute?). It's also good advice.
With that in mind, we present our totally subjective list of the NFL's most overpaid players. Some are career underachievers, while others boast contracts that seem exorbitant, to say the least, but all have delivered very little bang for the buck.
1. Drew Bledsoe, QB, Bills
How bad was Bledsoe last season? The Buffalo quarterback tops our list even though he agreed to rework his contract during the off-season to give the team some cap relief.
Bledsoe's $8.75 million salary might rank in the bottom half among starting quarterbacks, but it's still big money for someone coming off the least-productive full season of his 11-year career.
After setting 10 franchise records in his first season with Buffalo, Bledsoe suffered through a dismal 2003 campaign in which he threw more interceptions (12) than touchdown passes (11), was sacked an NFL-high 49 times and failed to produce an offensive touchdown in an incredible seven games.
Coming off a season like that, and having just celebrated his 32nd birthday, Bledsoe's willingness to take a pay cut was less altruism than a matter of survival — especially after watching the Bills use a first-round draft choice on Tulane quarterback J.P. Losman.
Here are some others mentioned in the article.
2. Courtney Brown, DE, Browns
3. Gerard Warren, DT, Browns
4. Kurt Warner, QB, Giants
5. Peerless Price, WR, Falcons
To be fair, Price's disappointing first season with the Falcons should come with an asterisk attached since he played most of it without injured quarterback Michael Vick. On the other hand, Atlanta had a right to expect more than 64 receptions and three touchdowns after trading a first-round draft choice to Buffalo for Price, who also received a new contract that included a $10 million signing bonus.
With the exception of a 12-catch, 168-yard game against Minnesota, Price did nothing to justify that payout, but with a new offense and Vick healthy again, the Falcons still could get their money's worth.
6. Grant Wistrom, DE, Seahawks
7. Jevon Kearse, DE, Eagles
8. Cornelius Griffin, DT, Redskins
9. Ron Dayne, RB, Giants
In the high-rent district of the NFL, as with most commercial real estate, you get what you pay for. But not always.
For every free-agent bargain, there's a costly mistake. For every late-round draft gem, a first-round bust.
"Let the buyer beware" is more than an excuse to dust off your old high school Latin (Caveat emptor, Brute?). It's also good advice.
With that in mind, we present our totally subjective list of the NFL's most overpaid players. Some are career underachievers, while others boast contracts that seem exorbitant, to say the least, but all have delivered very little bang for the buck.
1. Drew Bledsoe, QB, Bills
How bad was Bledsoe last season? The Buffalo quarterback tops our list even though he agreed to rework his contract during the off-season to give the team some cap relief.
Bledsoe's $8.75 million salary might rank in the bottom half among starting quarterbacks, but it's still big money for someone coming off the least-productive full season of his 11-year career.
After setting 10 franchise records in his first season with Buffalo, Bledsoe suffered through a dismal 2003 campaign in which he threw more interceptions (12) than touchdown passes (11), was sacked an NFL-high 49 times and failed to produce an offensive touchdown in an incredible seven games.
Coming off a season like that, and having just celebrated his 32nd birthday, Bledsoe's willingness to take a pay cut was less altruism than a matter of survival — especially after watching the Bills use a first-round draft choice on Tulane quarterback J.P. Losman.
Here are some others mentioned in the article.
2. Courtney Brown, DE, Browns
3. Gerard Warren, DT, Browns
4. Kurt Warner, QB, Giants
5. Peerless Price, WR, Falcons
To be fair, Price's disappointing first season with the Falcons should come with an asterisk attached since he played most of it without injured quarterback Michael Vick. On the other hand, Atlanta had a right to expect more than 64 receptions and three touchdowns after trading a first-round draft choice to Buffalo for Price, who also received a new contract that included a $10 million signing bonus.
With the exception of a 12-catch, 168-yard game against Minnesota, Price did nothing to justify that payout, but with a new offense and Vick healthy again, the Falcons still could get their money's worth.
6. Grant Wistrom, DE, Seahawks
7. Jevon Kearse, DE, Eagles
8. Cornelius Griffin, DT, Redskins
9. Ron Dayne, RB, Giants