Timmons Extended

[williar]

Re: Timmons Extended

I 'm not sure of the orgins of this Lott - Troy debate. All I will say is, I grew up watching Ronnie Lott. That guy was the TRUTH!!! BEAST!! MONSTER!! Whatever you want to call him. I know Jerry Rice was voted the NFL's best player. I won't argue with that. I don't know where Lott finished on that list, but he should have been number 2 after Rice.

Lott played like Mel Blount, Steve Atwater, Jack Tatum and Darelle Revis rolled into one. He was that fierce, but he wasn't dirty by no means. Lott is one of those handfull of players that is truly in a league by himself. I think Troy Polamaulu would even tell you that....

[hawaiiansteel]

Re: Timmons Extended

Comparing Timmons Contract to Other Middle Linebackers

Posted on August 24, 2011 by adam


Following LaMarr Woodley’s contract extension earlier this summer a lot of us agreed that Lawrence Timmons, the player selected one round ahead of Woodley in 2007, should be the next player the Steelers target for a long-term deal. On Tuesday they signed him to a six-year, $50 million contract that also comes with $22.5 million in guaranteed money.

Here’s a quick look at how that compares to some other middle linebackers that have cashed in over the past couple of seasons, ranked in order of guaranteed money.


PLAYER YEARS DOLLARS GUARANTEED AGE DRAFT YEAR

David Harris 4 $36 million $29.5 million 26 2007
Patrick Willis 5 $50 million $29 million 25 2007
Jon Beason 5 $50 million $25 million 25 2007
Lawrence Timmons 6 $50 million $22.5 million 25 2007
Karlos Dansby 5 $43 million $22 million 29 2004
Bart Scott 6 $48 million $22 million 29 2002
Demeco Ryans 6 $48 million $21.75 million 26 2006

Seems like a pretty fair deal for the Steelers.

How many players on that list would you take over Timmons right now and into the future? Patrick Willis is the easy answer (because he’s probably better than every linebacker in the NFL), but other than that, would you take any of them?

Beyond that, a contract extension for a player like Timmons isn’t just about what he’s done in the past, but also what he will do going forward. And as the youngest starter on the Steelers defense (unless Ziggy Hood takes over for Aaron Smith) and one of the most dynamic middle linebackers in the NFL that can pretty much everything (cover, blitz, play against the run) it should have been an easy call to get this done and get it done now, because his price tag was only going to go up.

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