Tackles are no longer paid on sacks?? Let’s see the top 10 highest paid DTs.This is the market for DTs. We've been trying to prepare you for this for months. It's become a much-more expensive position, just as Linebacker has become a much LESS expensive position.
More DTs go in the first round now... they get their 5th year options picked up at a higher rate too.
Sacks are no longer a prerequisite for getting paid... and for those who mention Suh, Wilkins is as close to that as anyone I can imagine. In his three years with us, he got 6, 5, and 4.5 sacks, and averaged right at 60 tackles a year (Wilkins has put up 75 and 81 the last two years).
You can keep repeating it, and ignoring reality, but Tackles are no longer paid on sacks. They just aren't.
1. Aaron Donald has had double digit sacks almost his entire career.
2. Jefferey Simmons- has had 8.5 and 7.5 sacks the last 2 seasons and has all pro selections
3. Dexter Lawrence- just got a huge deal coming off a 7.5 sack season and an all pro selection.
4. Daron Payne-just got a huge deal this year coming off an 11.5 sack season.
5. Deforest Buckner-has had no less than 7 sacks the last 5 years.
6. Javon Hargrave- last 2 seasons had 7.5 and 11 sack seasons and got paid by the 49ers for it.
7. Chris Jones has had no less than 7.5 sacks the last 5 years and is coming off a 15.5 sack season.
8. Jonathan Allen last 2 season last had 9 and 7.5 sacks
9. Vita Vea- 1 of 2 guys on the list with low sack numbers but even he had 4 and 6.5 sacks the last 2 years not bad
10. Kenny Clark- the second guy with low sack numbers with back to back 4 sack seasons.
So 8 of the top 10 DTs seem like they got their pay days based on sacks being a primary reason. The 2 guys at the bottom of the list are making $17 million
Also we didn’t pay Suh based on his production here we paid him based on what we thought he would do here based on the production he had with the Lions. With the lions he had 2 8 sack seasons and a 10 sack season. The year we signed him he was coming off an 8.5 sack season and 1st team all pro selection.
This ain’t the 70s. In a passing league sacks get you paid.
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