Outside Linebacker: Jonathan Casillas, Giants
Contract Flaw: The Marginal Talent
Seemingly bidding against themselves, the Giants gave a three-year, $8 million deal with $3 million guaranteed to Casillas, a replacement-level reserve outside linebacker who Big Blue hopes will serve as a useful special-teams player. You shouldn’t need to spend anything above the minimum in free agency for special-teams players. If Casillas gets any playing time on defense, it will come at the expense of J.T. Thomas, another replacement-level talent, signed away from the Jaguars on a slightly larger deal. The Giants struck out wildly shopping in this section of the market in 2014 and went right back to the well in 2015.
...and it's surprising he didn't have Stevie Brown's $4 million contract of Paysinger's $1.4 million RFA tender.
$5.4 million thrown away on two guys that were absolute dreck. That money could have been used on some better quality on the OL than Brown, Jerry and/or Walton. 2014 All Bad Contracts - ( New Window )
Casillas? 3 years, 8 mill is not all that high for a back-up who could get viable minutes, imv..That, we'll have to wait on
Contract Flaw: The Marginal Talent
Seemingly bidding against themselves, the Giants gave a three-year, $8 million deal with $3 million guaranteed to Casillas, a replacement-level reserve outside linebacker who Big Blue hopes will serve as a useful special-teams player. You shouldn’t need to spend anything above the minimum in free agency for special-teams players. If Casillas gets any playing time on defense, it will come at the expense of J.T. Thomas, another replacement-level talent, signed away from the Jaguars on a slightly larger deal. The Giants struck out wildly shopping in this section of the market in 2014 and went right back to the well in 2015.
The Beatty reasoning is kind of dumb as well.
$5.4 million thrown away on two guys that were absolute dreck. That money could have been used on some better quality on the OL than Brown, Jerry and/or Walton.
2014 All Bad Contracts - ( New Window )