Harris, Holmes, and Cromartie on Forbes NFL most overpaid...

[ekill08x]

http://www.silive.com/jets/index.ssf/2012/09/three_jets_make_forbes_list_as_nfls_most_overpaid_players.html

Tannenbaum hasnt really done a great job the past 2 offseasons. The contracts to every one of these players are down right ridiculous. That and the fact that Tannenbaum is one of the poorer drafting GMs doesn't sit well with me nor does it make me confident about this teams future. I hate to be pessimistic, but theres just no way in hell this team ever wins a championship the way its configured or the way it does business. We need someone in here that knows how to build a program the right way.
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Props to JMG on the sig as usual

[green24]

Harris absolutely should not be on that list. Neither should Cromartie.
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JMG and sandwhich on the sigs.

[Malik]

Cro would get much more love if he wasn't on the same team as Revis.

[Karmaloop]

Cromartie is not overpaid. Harris is slightly, but doesn't deserve to be on the list.

I can agree with Holmes.
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[Davey]

It's pretty misleading to take one specific year and trumpet it like it's the player's yearly average. All three players signed deals worth their values, more or less, outside of Holmes arguably.

Tannenbaum signing players in the prime of their careers to long term deals worth their market value doesn't mean he's doing a bad job. Quite the opposite in fact. Again, outside of Holmes.

[ekill08x]

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[Karmaloop]

Harris makes $9M per year on average. That's not drastically overpaid.

Cromartie is arguably the best #2 CB in the league -- and CBs are getting expensive. He's not overpaid.

Your (ekill08x) cynicism is reaching new heights.
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[rickyt31]

Yeah, Holmes is an overpaid slot WR.

Cromartie is debatable. But there isn't to many #2 CB's better than him.

Harris, its a tough one, but he is getting a lot of money. But I see why we gave him the contract at the time. I would like to see more 100+ tackle seasons from him.
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[teamorange]

Forbes methodology is pretty flawed and outright lied. They took this year's cap hit and applied to on the field performances and award accolades. They said Harris was the 2nd highest payed defensive player (going by 2012 cap hit (the figure they are using), which is flawed in and of itself) they are wrong; he is the 7th highest player with a few other players sitting right there with him at 12 million.

With that being said, going by only the 2012 is severely flawed. As we all know Tanny has the philosophy of backloading contracts. Going by average salary per year he is some where in the top 20-25 (don't feel like looking it up) which overrates him a bit but he is no where near top 2 payed defensive player.

I think Cro is correctly payed, whether you feel as though we should be locking up 20 million dollars a year between two corners shouldn't matter. Gotta look at Cro's contract isolated. I would say he is around a top 15 corner which is what he is being payed. There are far worse corners than him, Brandon Carr is at 3, Chris Gamble is at 8.

Holmes is pretty overpayed. Although one could argue his ability matches his contract but he lacks the mental aspect of the game

[jetskid007]

I basically agree with the majority responses.

To say Cromartie and Harris are overpaid is a little unfair. I think Cromartie may be "slightly" overpaid, but this article is simply taking the cap hit and assume that's how much he's making. You need to look at the actual contract to figure that out...

Rewind back to 2011 when Cromartie signed his "4 year, $32 million deal". When the contract was agreed upon, Cromartie received a $5 million signing bonus along with a $1 million base salary, totaling $6 million in 2011. This year, Cromartie is receiving a $3.8 million base salary, $200K workout bonus, and $3 million roster bonus, totaling $7 million. Next season is when things get interesting. He's due to make $9.5 million, which may-or-may not be considered "overpaying" depending on how he plays as the season progresses.

Harris is definitely debatable, but I wouldn't say he's the #1 most overpaid NFL player in the NFL. He's technically making $10 million this year, and although Harris is one of the most valuable players on our defense, he shouldn't be the highest paid LB this year and next year. I can probably name 5 ILBs off the top of my head that I'd rank ahead of Harris, maybe more. I think Harris is a very good player, but he shouldn't be the highest paid LB in the NFL for 2012-2013.



As for Holmes, he's definitely overpaid. He's making $8 million this year and $11.25 million next year, meanwhile he's been the laughing stock of NFL "star" receivers since he was awarded a huge deal in 2011. I root for him, but if he doesn't turn things around I hope we get rid of him and just move on.
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