NFL Free Agency: San Diego Chargers Overpay Eric Weddle for Potential

The 2011 NFL free-agent frenzy has been off to a spectacular start.

The San Diego Chargers have retained a successful core of players and added a couple aging stars.

Eric Weddle was a high priority—maybe the Chargers' highest. A.J. Smith made a point to sign his young free safety, thus making Weddle the highest paid safety in the league.

It used to be that the best player was the highest paid, but now it is the most recent free agent.

How did Eric Weddle become the highest paid safety without appearing in one Pro Bowl?

Most often in the free-agent period, an agent must convince hi...

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