there is no doubt that overall the bills are on the cheap side. however, its tough to use money in any sense to determine if a player will maintain a strong work ethic. the front office just needs to do a good job of reconizing players who are committed and telented and flat out pay them. this point works well with the whole "do we shell money out to fitz/stevie j/freddy j; the bills are more than familiar with these players and should be able to have a good idea if loads of money will negativly affect either one of them. (goes back to ieatcrazyons point of knowing the product before you invest.
Back to the bills being cheap. we have spent loads of money on players from other organizations who just flat out look like waste when they get here (i.e. larry tripplet, thanks marv), so why not instead give the loot to our inhouse guys who have done nothing thus far but make us think that they will still work hard reguardless of the size of their paycheck.