The Baltimore Ravens were unwilling to add $1 million more to the final season of Joe Flacco's five-year extension before the 2012 season, which broke off negotiations.
Following the Ravens' Super Bowl win, Flacco agreed to a far more lucrative six-year, $120.6 million contract.
Due to the size of Flacco's contract, the Ravens were unable to sign several of their key players in the offseason.
"One million dollars six years from now, in the base salary non-guaranteed money, and they walked away," Linta recently told USA Today's Jim Corbett. "It cost them $35 million. So I have no sympathy. None.
"I've never in my life seen a dumber move. I guess people can say, 'Well, Joe was dumb, too.' It could have been (dumb), God forbid, if he got hurt. But $1 million to (owner) Steve Bisciotti six years from now? That's like 100 bucks for you or me today."