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<blockquote data-quote="Dantés" data-source="post: 1029082" data-attributes="member: 12283"><p>Less competition for a given skillset is always going to depress the market, even if it still remains expensive. Look up the top safety contracts and you will see that the top of the market is dominated by teams that like to bring pressure and don't major in this 2 high shell world that has been a recent fad. Those teams aren't competing for the really good safeties because their schemes can deal with not having them. And when they get out of the discussion, competition decreases while supply remains static-- hence, the price falls. </p><p></p><p>This is why Minkah Fitzpatrick got 18.4M AAV in 2022 and then, a season later, Jessie Bates III got 16M AAV. </p><p></p><p>Fitzpatrick is a better player than Bates (though not dramatically so), but consider:</p><p></p><p>-The cap increased by 8% in that year, and Bates still got less money. </p><p>-Bates hit the open market (where guys get paid more) whereas Fitz signed an extension, and Bates still got less money. </p><p>-Bates was basically the only good FA option for a team that wanted to feature a lot of single high, and Bates still got less money.</p><p></p><p>Here was the blurb about Bates' free agency (italics are mine):</p><p></p><p><strong>Bates, who played 2022 on the franchise tag, is likely out of Cincinnati after the Bengals drafted his presumed replacement, <a href="https://www.nfl.com/players/dax-hill/" target="_blank">Daxton Hill</a>. <em>Bates has more value to a team that plays with a single high safety the majority of the time, although there are fewer of those teams every season</em>.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p> <strong></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dantés, post: 1029082, member: 12283"] Less competition for a given skillset is always going to depress the market, even if it still remains expensive. Look up the top safety contracts and you will see that the top of the market is dominated by teams that like to bring pressure and don't major in this 2 high shell world that has been a recent fad. Those teams aren't competing for the really good safeties because their schemes can deal with not having them. And when they get out of the discussion, competition decreases while supply remains static-- hence, the price falls. This is why Minkah Fitzpatrick got 18.4M AAV in 2022 and then, a season later, Jessie Bates III got 16M AAV. Fitzpatrick is a better player than Bates (though not dramatically so), but consider: -The cap increased by 8% in that year, and Bates still got less money. -Bates hit the open market (where guys get paid more) whereas Fitz signed an extension, and Bates still got less money. -Bates was basically the only good FA option for a team that wanted to feature a lot of single high, and Bates still got less money. Here was the blurb about Bates' free agency (italics are mine): [B]Bates, who played 2022 on the franchise tag, is likely out of Cincinnati after the Bengals drafted his presumed replacement, [URL='https://www.nfl.com/players/dax-hill/']Daxton Hill[/URL]. [I]Bates has more value to a team that plays with a single high safety the majority of the time, although there are fewer of those teams every season[/I]. [/B] [/QUOTE]
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