Center Mike Pouncey, like Alex Mack, want$ a new contract

[finfanatic13]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/04/10/mike-pouncey-watching-alex-mack-deal-carefully/

With Alex Mack’s apparent attempt to move south and get rich, another center a little further down I-95 is thinking the same thing.
According to Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald, Dolphins center Mike Pouncey is watching the Mack proceedings carefully, and with great interest.
Even though the Dolphins center will be locked up with a fifth-year option, he still wants a new long-term deal, and probably deserves one based on his own Pro Bowl status.
But while Pouncey believes he’s outplayed his current rookie deal (he has), he doesn’t have the luxury Mack had of free agency.
With the Dolphins able to sit on him for an extra year, they don’t have the urgency to throw money his way. That will create a delicate balance for the team, as they try to rebuild after last year’s internal disaster.

 

[roy_miami]

Would have been a no-brainer without the Hernendez question marks, his involvement with bully-gate and his alleged drug use but with all of that considered I would sooner cut him than extend him at this point.

 

[FSU Truth]

Mack is going to get 10 mil a year? Good grief....I would have had no problem with typical top end center pay (7 mill a year), but 10 is far too much.

 

[phinfan40353]

Mack is going to get 10 mil a year? Good grief....I would have had no problem with typical top end center pay (7 mill a year), but 10 is far too much.

Here's the real story line, the Browns are going to MATCH the offer. They are overpaying to keep a guy who doesn't want to be there. How retarded is that?

 

[RkyDaMan34]

I would rather pay Mack then Pouncey.. Go Free Hernandez.. punk.

 

[greasyObnoxious]

Here's the real story line, the Browns are going to MATCH the offer. They are overpaying to keep a guy who doesn't want to be there. How retarded is that?

even Cleveland is nice at 10 mil a year, or at least nicer than before.

as for Pouncey, the smartest thing he could do is just shut up and play. he's been a little too present in the media for my taste

 

[Gonzo]

The drugs and hookers aren't going to pay for themselves. Get yo money!

Seriously though, $10 mil. for a center?

 

[So Be]

Bad timing for Pouncey to say anything. Let all the off the field issues settle, have a great year, and then talk.

 

[MRojas4]

$10 for a C?

Damn..... looks like the NFL is headed to top paid OL.

 

[Nublar7]

He dersevers it. Though I think they will pick up his 2015 option in May and give him his long term deal next offseason.

 

[AL R]

$10 for a C?

Damn..... looks like the NFL is headed to top paid OL.

Which is why you have to take a hard look at drafting OL in order to keep your cap under control IMO. If your draft picks work out on the OL and they come to the end of their rookie contracts, then you have to make the tough money decision.

 

[Mike13]

He is a top 5 Center I say pay the man.

 

[jtsacksyou]

The mack deal shouldn't set the market. Only 1 team was interested and they admit they're willing to overpay because they have the money. I see pouncry getting 7/year.

 

[utahphinsfan]

Here's the real story line, the Browns are going to MATCH the offer. They are overpaying to keep a guy who doesn't want to be there. How retarded is that?

To quote Drew Carey, "Cleveland Rocks!"

 

[Hayden Fox]

I love Pouncey, but I would let him become a FA and see what he is worth. No way do I give him Mack money. That is crazy for C.