Depends in what you mean by expensive. A veteran free agent that is expected to go into training camp as your starting left tackle probably is not taking less than 5 million a year, right? What if it's 10 million (average starter money)? What is the max you would pay him?
Peat only getting $10 million a year IF decided to bid against ourselves just like we did when we gave a $50 million contract when he had no interest as a FA.