I don't think there would be much concern with Jones' contract if it was for 3 million. At 3 million, he's maybe a little overpaid for what he'll likely produce, but a pretty fair contact for his age and production.
So if he's overpaid by a million, is that a problem? we made the deal from a position of weakness trying to trade an older one dimensional player with a longer term contract who didn't really have a spot on our roster anymore. In that kind of deal a team usually has to overpay. And I think we all agree that the flames overpaid by taking on a contract that overpays Jones by a million.
But we're talking about a 1 million dollar overpayment, not a 4 million dollar overpayment. That one million isn't going to handcuff us for the foreseeable future.
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