Pop quiz time, who is the highest paid player on the Seattle Seahawks? If you guessed Matt Hasselbeck you are right. The star QB is going to make $6,256,240 this year. That shouldn't come as to much of a surprise to most people. Matt has been the face of the franchise for about 7 years. He holds almost all of the Seahawks all time passing records (one of the only things he doesn't have is career TD passes, that honor is Dave Krieg's).
Next question, who is the second highest paid Seattle Seahawks? No not Julius Jones. No it isn't Lofa Tatupu. Give up? It is Stacy Andrews who makes $5,620,000 per year. What you have never heard of Stacy Andrews? Didn't you see the game last week, he had that one big run... oh wait that was someone else. Well what about when he... no still someone else. It turns out he is a 29 yr old offensive lineman. You are probably thinking something like, "Aren't offensive linemen important though? When they do their job right they keep Matt Hasselbeck healthy, which is important." Not this o-lineman, he doesn't even start.
Stacy's Salary. Did the Seahawks front office not get the memo about paying good players, not bad players, lots of money? I decided to looked at a few other teams and see if they followed suit. I tried to pick a random sample of team talent. Here are the highest and second highest paid players on five other teams:
Detroit Lions:
1. Corey Williams, DT, $7,800,000
2. Dominic Raiola, C, $7,500,000
New England Patriots:
1. Tom Brady, QB, $8,007,280
2. Randy Moss, WR, $6,507,280
(weird the Pat's front office likes giving out an extra $7,280)
Cincinnati Bengals:
1. Carson Palmer, QB, $9,500,000
2. Keith Rivers, LB, $9,185,000
Atlanta Falcons:
1. Roddy White, WR, $12,007,280
2. Dunta Robinson, CB, $9,957,000
Kansas City Chiefs:
1. Matt Cassel, QB, $15,005,200
2. Glenn Dorsey, DE, $13,070,000
So the highest paid players on the other teams are all really good or pretty young with an upside. Stacy Andrews is neither of these. So the mystery still remains, why is Stacy Andrews paid so much money?
Sources: Yahoo Sports,
I'm fairly certain Stacey Andrews is being paid that much because he signed as a free agent with the Eagles a year or two ago. He was a really big name at that time but hadn't produced much, so we got him from the Eagles for nothing by agreeing to pay for all of his salary.
ReplyDeleteYou are correct about that. It appears the Eagles were fooled by his time with the Bengals.
ReplyDeleteAlso as of today he is starting for us because Max Unger is out.