What players are those? Dareus is the only guy that I can think of, but not for lack of talent, maybe Clay, but I think he's underutilized at times, IMO
Glenn, Hughes, Incognito and Aaron Williams are well paid players that pull their weight every Sunday. McCoy is expensive but he's a star. TT is on a one year rental with a to be detemined tag, he could still get better.
Whaley determined that Gilmore was not an elite corner and offered him solid NFL CB money instead, he's proven right so far.
I left Eric Wood and Kyle Williams out of that list because I believe Whaley was not the guy responsible for those contracts, still very productive guys.
We're all mad at Dareus, it's understandable, his pay matches his talent though his future might be in jeopardy if he doesn't mature. Overall I think Whaley is good at assesing value to the talent drafted/signed.