Free agency news is largely driven by insiders reporting contracts on X. What some people don’t understand is that players’ agents often leak the most favorable information to insiders (or even write their tweets for them). This results in inflated contract values being reported. We saw this with Najee Harris and his incentive-laden contract that potentially hurts the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2026 compensatory value. Now we see that again with WR Mike Williams.
According to Nick Korte of Over The Cap, the preeminent Internet expert on all things comp picks, Williams’ initially reported contract of $6 million APY was a little too aggressive.