What would the 1970s Steelers be able to get if they played under the free
agency system with similar financial conditions in the NFL today? At the
request of the Post-Gazette, Ralph Cindrich, one of the top agents in the
NFL, placed an estimated worth on each starter with these caveats: He spent
little time evaluating, did no investigating and, of course, none of the
negotiating on any of the players. It's merely a rough estimate of their worth on
today's open market:
DE -- Dwight White, $3.5 million. DT -- Joe Greene, $8 million, plus. DT -- Ernie Holmes, $3.2 million LB -- Jack Lambert, $6 million, plus. LB -- Jack Ham, $5.8 million. LB -- Loren Toews, $2 million. CB -- Mel Blount, $5.8 million. CB -- J.T. Thomas, $4 million. FS -- Mike Wagner, $2 million. SS -- Donnie Shell, $4.5 million. RB -- Franco Harris, $5.5 million-$6.5 million. RB -- Rocky Bleier, $2 million. WR -- Lynn Swann, $5.5 - $6 million. WR -- John Stallworth, $4.8 - $5.3 million. TE -- Randy Grossman, $1.7 million. LT -- on Kolb, $2.5-$3 million. LG -- Sam Davis, $1.6-$2 million. C -- Mike Webster, $5 million, plus. RG -- Moon Mullins, $1.5 million. RT -- Larry Brown, $2.5 million-$3 million. |