The headline seems misleading. There aren’t any thought exercises of building a “superteam.” Most of the article seems to be examining the ever-rising cap and how, after a couple of years, superstars’ salary are team-friendly, while an above-average player at the same position gets just as much money or more because of the timing of their deal. That’s a separate examination from “building a superteam.” Even in this article, you mention how Watt can’t continually opt-out for raises like LeBron. Football players have to grab longevity over top dollar.

Granted, I’m rusty on NFL minutiae since the Barnwell-Grantland combo dissolved, but everything I’ve read about team building has been really hard on free agent signings. The Bills signing Mario Williams to that huge contract a few years ago…that was lambasted by the Barnwell-types, and there’s not much evidence suggesting those types were wrong. Ditto for that Asomugha-Eagles season.

I was curious to read this for a new thought in team building, but the questions I had (like other commenters) were scantly addressed, if at all, and all this article seems to say is JJ Watt and Von Miller deserve to make more money.