Kamara extended! (5yrs/$77M) [merged]
The competitiveness of my team is paying it. Kamara's deal should be in line with Derrick Henry's and Dalvin Cook's. Both play for winning franchises and are just as much or more important to their team's success as Kamara. The extra few million a year he makes will cause the Saints to rely on undrafted free agents and role players like Margus Hunt instead of players like Everson Griffen in the future. I don't want the Saints to just win a bunch of regular season games, I want them to win a bunch of Super Bowls. In the decade since we made our
single Super Bowl appearance, Loomis and Payton always cave and give the players the contracts they want. Meanwhile, Belichick never caves to player demands and has made
6 Super Bowl appearances in the years since we made our sole appearance. I would have worried about the contracts for Ramczyk, Lattimore, Davis, and hell even Marcus Williams before Kamara. We already overpaid Onyematta and grossly overpaid Peat. Eventually you run out of money. If we don't luck out and draft a franchise quarterback next year, we have one year of the Taysom Hill experience and then he's gonna want his $30+ million/year. Good luck with that. Payloo has to put their foot down somewhere. I would have done it with Kamara.