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We are all in agreement that AD is probably the best current DT in the game. He's playing at a HOF level.
But here's where we disagree. DT's don't get paid at top 5 salaries. .
Since there is no other elite DT of Donald's stature, your statement is kind of empty.
Donald will get paid at that level.
You might as well have said of Miller, LBs don't get paid at that level. Well Miller did.
Or you might as well have said of Watt, 3/4 DEs don't get paid at that level. Well Watt did.
You pay one of the 4-5 best defenders in the game at that level. You don't jerk him around, you don't try to short him, you don't act like he's NOT one of the rare top defenders in the league, you don't turn him into a disgruntled and cheated player.
As a rule
there are no dogmatic rules of the kind you're invoking. There is no tablet of laws with words chiseled in them saying what DTs are paid, or rare elite DTs who are universally regarded as transcending the position and being one of the
small group of best defenders in the league.
This is how contracts work. It's the market. You pay a guy what it takes to keep him. If you don't someone else will. If you don't want to pay Miller because quote unquote linebackers don't get paid that, then...someone else will pay him that.
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Calling Von Miller a LB is more than a bit disengenous, zn. He's an edge rusher, and an elite one, at that.
Check this out.
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www.spotrac.com]
Exactly 3 DT's in the top 46 '17 salaries.
The list is dominated by QB's, Edge rushers, and an occasional WR or CB. Just as I posted.
It's a reflection on the value diffentials of various positions.
A QB is more likely to result in a team win than a DT. Common sense that they are paid more highly. Not that complicated.