When Teams Over Spend for Free Agents
The big money signings that some teams regret.
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When Teams Over Spend for Free Agents - The six-year, $114 million contract Ndamukong Suh inked with the Miami Dolphins last week immediately conjures thoughts of NFL teams over spending on free agents. It happens every year. Don't get us wrong, Suh is a dominant defensive tackle, but the size of that contract doesn't leave much room for error. Will Suh be worth it? We will find out. Click on to see when teams splurged, but didn't get the bang for their bucks.(Photos from left: Sarah Glenn/Getty Images, Adam Bettcher/Getty Images, Greg Fiume/Getty Images)
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Jay Cutler - The Chicago Bears didn't let Jay Cutler even hit the free agency market...but now maybe they wish they did. The seven-year, $126 million extension they signed Cutler to last January had disaster written all over it from the jump. The Bears' dismal 5-11 finish in 2014 didn't do much to help change that feeling, either. It was such over spending that the Bears are reportedly interested in moving Cutler after one season in the deal. Good luck with that. (Photo: Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
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Albert Haynesworth - Defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth is the poster player for a free agent signings gone wrong. The Washington Redskins signed him to a seven-year, $100 million deal in February 2009, but Haynesworth only wound up playing two seasons with the team after exhibiting conduct that was deemed detrimental to the organization.(Photo: Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
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Mike Wallace - Mike Wallace joined the Miami Dolphins on a five-year, $60 million contract back in 2013, but he has yet to crack 1,000 receiving yards in two seasons with the franchise. Now Wallace is en route to Minnesota, via trade for late round picks, where he will be looking to stop the downward trend in his career.(Photo: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
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David Boston - David Boston was as physically imposing a wide receiver in the NFL, when he signed a seven-year, $47 million deal with the San Diego Chargers in 2003. But Boston never lived up to the deal. Although he had 880 receiving yards and seven TDs that first season, run-ins with the Bolts' coaching staff caused the team to trade him and the wheels fell off his career shortly after that. Boston would only play one more season in the NFL.(Photo: Tom Hauck/Getty Images)
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