Free agency is a pressure cooker. Nearly every NFL offseason brings with it a sense of promise as well as a sense of fear.
Organizations have to take a number of things into account when constructing offers for some of the best players on the market: total value, guaranteed money, fit, positional precedent (which positions make the most money) and a host of others.
All these considerations—paired with the demand for players at certain positions—can cause front offices to make questionable decisions.
Contracts are a messy business, and every player wants to be appropriately valued.