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Suh is gone. It is something most fans expected once contract negotiations were cut off before last season. Detroit got the short end of the stick when drafting Stafford and Suh. Instead of getting bargain priced players to lead their team -- they had to pay the ridiculous contracts each draft slot was given to rookies. Suh was already the highest paid DT without playing a single snap. Stafford was paid a fortune because of where he was drafted.
Because of these contracts -- Detroit had to try and put together teams by restructuring players like Stafford and Suh (multiple times) to be able to go out in the FA market to sign players like Reggie Bush, Glover Quinn, Tulloch, etc. At some point -- it catches up to you. You can't continue to kick the can down the road. In a league where the only thing that matters is winning -- the front office worried about today, instead of the future, and while they were able to re-sign Stafford (which was also a mistake, as he hasn't come close to the career year he had in 2011), it finally bit them in the ass with Suh.
I've said it already, but if they hadn't restructured Suh -- they could have tagged him for 12 million. If they only restructured him once, it would have only been 19 million. The fact is -- without the restructures -- Detroit wouldn't have had the money to sign the FA's they have brought in. Instead, Suh ended up with a 27 million tag and it was ridiculous to even think tagging him at that amount made sense.
The front office failed, but I honestly can't even be that upset, as I believe, no matter how much cap space the Lions had -- Suh was going to the highest bidder. Suh would have to put up JJ Watt numbers, while playing DT, to come close to earning the money he is being paid. It isn't happening. Miami grossly overpaid and anyone who thinks Suh turns the Dolphins into a Super Bowl contender -- I ask you how they've done lately. They are without WR's, Lamar Miller is their RB and Tannehill is their QB. Miami isn't going anywhere. Suh will put butt's in the seats, but he did the same thing for the Lions. In the end -- a team is only as good as the rest of players around them and when you have a DT eating up a huge portion of your cap and you have to cut talent to afford him -- it isn't a recipe for success.
Because of these contracts -- Detroit had to try and put together teams by restructuring players like Stafford and Suh (multiple times) to be able to go out in the FA market to sign players like Reggie Bush, Glover Quinn, Tulloch, etc. At some point -- it catches up to you. You can't continue to kick the can down the road. In a league where the only thing that matters is winning -- the front office worried about today, instead of the future, and while they were able to re-sign Stafford (which was also a mistake, as he hasn't come close to the career year he had in 2011), it finally bit them in the ass with Suh.
I've said it already, but if they hadn't restructured Suh -- they could have tagged him for 12 million. If they only restructured him once, it would have only been 19 million. The fact is -- without the restructures -- Detroit wouldn't have had the money to sign the FA's they have brought in. Instead, Suh ended up with a 27 million tag and it was ridiculous to even think tagging him at that amount made sense.
The front office failed, but I honestly can't even be that upset, as I believe, no matter how much cap space the Lions had -- Suh was going to the highest bidder. Suh would have to put up JJ Watt numbers, while playing DT, to come close to earning the money he is being paid. It isn't happening. Miami grossly overpaid and anyone who thinks Suh turns the Dolphins into a Super Bowl contender -- I ask you how they've done lately. They are without WR's, Lamar Miller is their RB and Tannehill is their QB. Miami isn't going anywhere. Suh will put butt's in the seats, but he did the same thing for the Lions. In the end -- a team is only as good as the rest of players around them and when you have a DT eating up a huge portion of your cap and you have to cut talent to afford him -- it isn't a recipe for success.
