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Michael Oher Signs 3 Year Extension - $21.6m

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I just posted an update in the "Top NFL contracts" thread that I'd posted earlier this week.   This signing now gives the Panthers 7 players with contracts above 5 million per year.  Still below the league average of 9 players per team.

Oher's contract of just over 7 million per year is still a relative bargain given that the average salary for the top LTs (22 of them) is just over 9.1 million per year.  If my math is right, Oher now becomes the 16th highest paid LT in the league.   I'd say that's just about right.  Perhaps a shade higher than I expected, but the mentoring and leadership he provides, and his rapport with Cam are huge.  The fact that he LOVES being in Carolina counts for a lot.  You know he's going to give his all for his teammates. 

 

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even LTs that have shown something even remotely resembling the potential to be in the top third of the league get paid.  we all remember the frenzy around anthony collins- he isn't on a team right now and he got $15 million guaranteed from the bucs in 2014.

this extension gives the coaching staff and gettleman the flexibility to develop a prospect to step in once oher is finished or deemed expendable.  PFF had him in the top half of the league as a pass blocker last season and at this price point that's solid value.

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