Well Tampa had 40 million in cap room, so I guess they have room, but they just made Jeff Faine the highest paid centre in the NFL today, topping LeCharles Bentley's 36 million over 6 six years (with 37.5 million over 6) that he signed with the Browns a year ago. Unfortunately, his knees basically exploded during training camp in a freak accident and then, during the surgery to repair them, he got a hideous infection and lost almost 90% of his tendon tissue. My main issue with this signing is this though:
List of Pro Bowl Centres since 2004 (Year Faine Entered the League):
LeCharles Bentley
Matt Birk (x3)
Mike Flanagan
Nick Hardwick
Jeff Hartings (x2)
Olin Kreutz (x2)
Kevin Mawae (x2)
Tom Nalen
Jeff Saturday (x2)
Robbie Tobeck
7 of these 10 guys played in the NFL last season and Faine's contract tops all of them. It just appears that the performance isn't there. He's never been an All-Pro either, an MVP of something... nothing. The money they're giving him is inexplicable.
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