Personnel departments and general managers assign value to players and then negotiate deals to put their team in the best possible position to win. Significant contracts are expected to provide significant returns with production on the field, but the front offices ultimately have no control over the division of labor. That’s a coaching decision, and sometimes the two visions don’t completely align — just look at Pat Freiermuth.
“They’re paying this guy a lot of money, I think on average $12 million a season, for him to only play 15 snaps,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Ray Fittipaldo said Friday via 93.