Not at all! The situations seemed similar. BUT, you need to understand the player and what they are trying to accomplish. So, after the fact and during BOTH times I thought they were different. Peters wanting to be paid for playing well and Byrd trying to get paid and not really interested in playing football at a high level (just a pay day).
When paying a player big bucks I think the two important things are is that salary and cap hit worth it for that position and what will that player produce on the field after the pay day.
Peters - LT is worth the money. What will he do after the pay day, not sure.
Byrd - S is not worth the money. Confident he didn't care about football after being paid.
JMHO