[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by Lotus

How are Jason Taylor and LT not aging Pro Bowlers?

Maybe you guys are right. We'll see.

But are scheme fits and not signed to ridiculously long contract lengths. Taylor is a 3-4 LBer and nothing else. Lucky for the Jets, the run a 3-4. Not only that, it was only a contract in which "Taylor received a two-year, $13 million deal...
Realistically, however, it's a one-year contract with heavy incentives and guarantees Taylor $2.5 million with a maximum of $3.75 million, the source said." . Same thing for LT. Two year deal for 5.1 mil up with a max 5.6 mil. They needed a catching back, so why not LT?

Deion got a seven year deal worth 56 million.
Bruce Smith got a FIVE year deal worth 23 million.

Not only that, LT and JT are both hungry for a championship.

So, I think it's pretty clear that DS was just throwing money blindly in such a manner that even Madden players would not have done while the Jets knew what they were doing when they signed old vets. You can't have a team full of aging vets, but you need enough of them to play a supplemental role in guiding the young guys and providing consistent play to hold the fort. I have Madden 2002, and some FA classes are outright poor and if there are any highly rated players, they're old and prone to retire at any moment.