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That is the question when it comes to the Saints’ prolific wide receiver Michael Thomas."When it comes to getting paid in the NFL Youth Jared Cook Jersey , the quarterback position has long been king. A player’s value to their franchise can most easily be quantified by the contract they earn following the completion of their rookie contract. Of the 23 highest paid players in the NFL, all but six are quarterbacks. Most would expect quarterbacks to be the highest paid, but what positions are these other six players whom their teams are still paying north of $19 million per year? Four of these superstars are pass rushers and include Von Miller, DeMarcus Lawrence, Melvin Ingram, and Chandler Jones. The other two are wide receivers including Mike Evans and Sammy Watkins.17 of the top 50 highest paid players are quarterbacks. 11 are pass rushers. Seven are left tackles. Six are wide receivers. Five are defensive backs. The Jaguars’ Andrew Norwell is the only guard to crack the Top 50 while the Panthers’ Luke Kuechly is the only inside linebacker to do the same.Jr. No wonder Julio Jones is seeking a raise despite having two years remaining on his five year contract extension from 2016.Of these top paid receivers, there are only five who I think are in the same stratosphere as Thomas. Here they are listed in order of lowest to highest base salary: Julio Jones ($9.6M), DeAndre Hopkins ($12.5M) Jared Cook Jersey Stitched , Antonio Brown ($14.62M), Odell Beckham Jr. ($16.75M) and Mike Evans ($17M).The only one of those players who could possibly reset the market before Thomas’ pay day is Jones, who is currently looking to add more value to his current contract. The Falcons already sweetened the pot last year with an extra bonus in the form of $4.4 million, but the move didn’t appease Jones enough for the long term. The good news is Jones appears to be more interested in allowing financial flexibility to bolster his roster rather than positioning himself to be the highest paid player at his position.”Me, personally, I don’t really care about as far as being the highest-paid receiver, man,” Jones said. “It’s a number. We’ve got some other guys on the team. If we can do it in a way to get all the other guys to stay on the team ... it’s a lot of ways you can do money.”Jones must have seen Cooks’ contract and realized there are many creative ways to pay a player in today’s NFL. Personally New Orleans Saints A.J. Klein Jersey , I think the Saints should have channeled their salary cap creativity towards extending Thomas this offseason before another wide receiver has a chance to reset the market and make that task increasingly more difficult. The Saints lucked out that Tyreek Hill is still a domestic abuser or else he would have broken the bank with a potential $100 Million extension. They could luck out again if Jones feels comfortable taking a slight hometown discount in order to allow more cap space for other playmakers around him.Perhaps the Saints are playing the long game here and want to see if Brees will play past the 2019 season before they make a significant financial investment in another skill position. They might want to try and franchise tag Thomas next year, but that is risky for a number of reasons.First, players hate playing on the franchise tag. It only offers them one year’s salary guaranteed and as Thomas’ teammate Brees know all too well, that’s not a great deal when you play in a 100% injury sport. Every snap could be your last. Players want long term financial security and large chunks of their contracts to be fully guaranteed; ideally, they want 100% guaranteed contracts like the NBA and MLB have.If the Saints placed the exclusive-rights tag on Thomas, they would have to pay him $17,327,000 for the year and no other team would be able to negotiate with him. If they place the non-exclusive tag on him Womens A.J. Klein 2019 Jersey , they would have to pay $16,787,000 or match whatever another franchise offered him, which would undoubtedly be much more. If they chose not to match, the Saints would receive two first round picks from Thomas’ new team. There’s no reason to put the transition tag on Thomas except to gauge his value, which has already been debated and inflated ad nauseam.If the Saints want to play hard ball but are also trying to avoid another Jimmy Graham fiasco or a rebooted version of Antonio Brown’s power play down in the bayou, they might want to consider the non-exclusive franchise tag. For the Saints, two first round picks Cheap A.J. Klein Youth Jersey , if spent well, could make a solid impact with minimal cost towards the salary cap. By getting paid fair market rate, Thomas would get what he’s already been wanting for more than a year. At least both would benefit instead of one or both parties inevitably being disappointed. Still, I hope the Saints have been preparing for this day. They’ve already had three seasons to know Michael Thomas is something worth holding onto. Shoot, I remember halfway through Thomas’ rookie season a smart due at the gym I call David the Oracle told me, “he’s already the best wide receiver the Saints have ever had, Marques Colston included.” The Saints offense starts off the Game against Atlanta Strong. Driving right down the field to go up by seven. And they defense starts out strong with a three and out on the first Atlanta series.After a bad past from Drew behind Alvin Kamara, the Saints go three and out. The Julio Jones picks up the Falcons 1st first down on the next series. Rookie Calvin Ridley gets the next first down on 3rd and seven. Defense breaks from here on out and the Birds tie it up.Saints turn the ball over on downs. Marcus Davenport comes up with a sack on Ryan forcing a punt. Kamara has a decent return. A holding penalty on Benjamin Watson and a dropped pass by Ted Ginn Jr. stalls the next drive White Alvin Kamara Jersey , setting up the go ahead fieldgoal.Defense holds and forces another Falcon punt. Brees takes the all-time completions record on the next drive. A personal foul, late hit, on Drew extends this drive. Watson makes a diving catch making it first and goal. A hold backs them up ten yards. Then a false start backs them up another 5. Fourth and four, the Saints settle for a fieldgoal.Falcons come back with a long ball to Ridley and they go up by one. P.J. Williams doesn’t appear to be the answer. Once again burned for the TD. A false start and another drop from Ginn and the Saints punt. Defense holds and Drew gets the ball back with 40 seconds and one timeout left before the half. A first down from Kamara and a catch by Watson sets the Saints up for the go ahead fieldgoal. The Saints kickoff to start the second half.