Westbrook Gets Paid

Fandom splits between fantasy sports (callous bastards) and true fans (naive idiots). The former hates it when a team seems to overpay for anyone, least of all the hometown hero who has been there for years. The latter thinks that it's just great to have the hero get paid, because hey, it's not their money, and he's been so great and we love him.

In that BDub is, IMO, the best running back in the history of the franchise, and could still be in his prime, it's hard to argue with this. So I just won't.

I have no real idea how $21 million over three years with $13 million guaranteed translates into the big picture of the NFL, and the nice part about being an Eagles Fan is that I don't really have to know, because the team manages the cap so well that large-scale veteran sell-offs aren't common.

Of course, so is staying so far under the cap that we routinely wonder about What Might Have Been, had they only spent the money to get the Star Wide Receiver that solves all problems, fixes the weather, and makes us all lose weight.

Dammit, Westbrook's overrated!