Welcome to the Wednesday edition of The Cooler, where sometimes it’s nice when research confirms conventional wisdom. Let’s get to it:
*Pro Football Focus has a long and interesting piece about NFL quarterback spending and relative value. It’s built largely around the question of whether the Seahawks were wise to pay Russell Wilson a big-money extension but there is a lot of data included that gets to the heart of a big question in Minnesota: “The point of the discussion is whether paying quarterbacks top dollar leaves too little in the way of additional spending to compete – due to a lack of talent on the rest of the roster.