Hear me out here.
When it comes to Kam, there's a bit of a reverse Russell Wilson syndrome, that Sherman complained about.
He hurt you. I get it, but this is still a business.
Cornerbacks, even heady ones with truly elite athletic ability, have a steep, steep drop off (Revis for example). On top of that, we just saw some mutual trade interest and some locker room drama.
Is this a good bet?
Free safeties also have a pretty big drop off, albeit not at the same downfall as corners, but whatever. The Kam injuries and style of play you can basically throw out the window when looking at Earl. Both players have been banged up and played through. Earl probably played more physical last year than any other year after having a really rought start to the season while also having tackling trouble due to a shoulder and on top of that, he has a body type that isn't the most strucurally sound for the way he often likes to play where he was also contemplating retirement from a broken leg.
Is that a good bet?
Meanwhile there have been a lot of SSs that have played at a high level for a very long time even playing with multiple injuries who are of generally the same mold. The 220 something pound hitters. Granted, I don't think any of then played as violent as Kam does amd that obviously should be considered. However, there has never been any doubt rhat he wants to be here even when he broke your heart or whatever.
Is that a good bet?
All I'm saying is that all 3 of those contracts are on tje horizon. Britt and Jimmy aren't necessarily going to be affected by Kam because it's possible and maybe even likely that they could be affected by Sherm or even ET. If Sherm is traded next year, I wouldn't be surprised. If ET gets anothe4 big injury and retires or even if he doesn't get another injury and retires, I wouldn't be surprised.
It's not even out of the realm of possibility that the whole LOB is gone in two years. What I'm saying is take each player's worth as a calculated asset and leave the emotion out of it and remember that it's not even reasonable to have the expectation that even 1 of the 4 DB draft picks this year nets us LOB type returns. You gotta bring that back down to earth here. All 3 of those LOB players are special and special just can't be the expectation. That's called being spoiled.
Just think about contracts as a whole in the staggered fashion that they are. Not offense vs defense, player vs player, etc. There's some wiggle room there and the unexpected will provide even more wiggle room.
