Mamas, if your babies can’t grow up be quarterbacks … then let them become monster pass rushers.
It can surely pay for the elite ones. That was so evident again this week with the opening of the NFL’s new league year, which paid a premium for the players who can chase (at minimum) or kill (a worst-case scenario) those precious quarterbacks.
Von Miller was introduced Thursday by the Buffalo Bills after signing a six-year, $120 million contract that guarantees $51 million.
This, after Chandler Jones bolted to the Las Vegas Raiders from the Arizona Cardinals for a deal that pays $52.5 million over three years with $34 million guaranteed.
Randy Gregory was poised to re-sign with the Dallas Cowboys … until something better came along from the Denver Broncos, to the tune of $70 million over five years.
The Los Angeles Chargers got busy, too, shipping second- and sixth-round picks to the Chicago Bears to obtain Khalil Mack. They picked up the final three years of the six-year, $141…