http://www.nfl.com/photoessays/0ap3000000809063 http://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/233992/stacking-nfls-highest-paid-players-by-position-after-free-agency So if Joe is good when everything is basically perfect then he should take less money to allow so the money can make things around him perfect. But he takes so much money and that robs Peter to pay Joe. That makes it so the talent around him is lacking. I think the Ravens would have been in a better position trading him after the SB. Their cap would have been in a better position now.