You always love rooting for the underdog.
Last season, when San Diego’s star RB LT went down for the count, 5 foot 6 in Darren Sproles came in and did a 328 total yard game. He became one of the leagues premier running backs in one game.
And now he gets paid like one.
Sproles signed a one year deal worth 6.25 million dollars. The kid is only 25 years old! Not a bad raise at that age if you ask me (made a little over 1 mil last year). He now ranks with the average salary of star running backs as he should.
He becomes a free agent at the end of the year. My opinion is you drop the dead weight called LT and you give the little guy his chance to show the NFL what he can do. You let him go and rely on LT, you are going to watch him blow up on another team. Being a S.D. boy, I want to see him blow up here. LT is past his game. He offers a great mentor to Sproles, but when push comes to shove, I think Sproles needs to be our every down back.
What do you think?