Blame economics; they are paid what people believe they are worth, and that is directly tied to how much they potentially can bring into the University.
I like to answer questions like this this way: flip them and who do you think has the better career? EX: put Favre with McCarthy and Rodgers with Holmgren. I think Rodgers has multiple Super Bowls if he had Holmgren calling plays instead of McCarthy.
Give me Rodgers.
Frost wants a lot of bodies at RB and WR (he's said at least 10 scholarships at WR). There is some dead weight and some kids who really need to step up next year or they'll be dead weight, too.