Don't forget though those salaries a staggered/front loaded and in some cases include signing bonuses. That was Nicks' first year with the Buccaneers so that's what he was going to make that year. He's not making 12.5 per season.
Damn. Nearly $28million on 3 OL players and that team is garbage. That's just bad economics, right there.
I heard on the radio that he may even have nerve damage from the MSRA and that there is a chance that it could be career threatening.