was Ngata overpaid?

[Bigfish]

Ngatas contract was 9,7 million in average. Less then Suggs. But his 16 million dollar cap hits for 2014 and 2015 is really steep. Obviously he`s not worth that. The FO will probably do something prior to the 2015 season to lower his cap number. A cheaper extension most likely. But if his production drops, he might be flat out cut. Or if we simply can`t afford him, we might trade him.

He got what he was worth and he's been a beast. The way the contract was structured it's like Flacco's, cap friendly for a few years then a huge hit. 16m next year is going to give rise to doing something to reduce that.

[Ravenalytics]

I don't want to make claims about Ngata being THE best, but to me, clearly he's in the top 5:

Watt
Ngata
Justin Smith
Geno Atkins
Somebody from the NFC probably that I don't pay much attention to