Atlanta Falcons cornerback Desmond Trufant could’ve hit the open market in March. But Thomas Dimitroff wasn’t going to let that happen, so he did what any responsible NFL GM would do under the circumstances: he opened the check book and he wrote a big check. Dimitroff handed Trufant Trufant earned a shiny new contract last April. That contract made him a top five cornerback from a compensation standpoint. It will earn him an average of $15 million a year and keep him in Atlanta through his year 31 season.
When Trufant signed his five year extension before the 2017 season, Dimitroff talked about his best football being ahead of him.