While contributors at Blogging Dirty have written previously Grady is not worth this type of money, his game field begs to differ. Over the last two seasons, Grady has graded out among the top 10 defensive tackles in 2017 and among the top 5 defensive tackles in 2018. Grady is elite and will be paid elite money.
There is an argument to be made that you are paying Grady for several other reasons as well. One, Grady is highly active in the community and is a fantastic ambassador for the Atlanta Falcons. Even on his rookie contract as a fifth round pick, Grady donated a lot of his money, but especially his time to Atlanta.