But it might take them out of the market for an edge rusher and they end up overpaying an average player.
That said, there aren't many good players out there at that position. Houston? And of course it was probably close to the going rate for Fowler so if they wanted him they were going to have to pay a seller's market price.
Overall not bad. I like Fowler. I am hoping his ceiling is really high. If the opportunity was there, I would have still liked to have seen how offenses handled both a proven vet on the outside and Donald. But likely the opportunity was not there. So this was probably the best scenario: Signing a young player with upside to an incentive-laden one year prove contract.