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I think I have this interesting theory about what Bill Parcells and Jeff Ireland might do with that first overall pick in Miami. I think they just might choose the four guys they like the most and say to each one, in effect: "We've got an offer for you. Look at Gaines Adams' rookie contract last year as the fourth overall pick -- six years, $42 million, with $19 million guaranteed. We'll raise the money and the guarantee five percent overall. Let's call it six years, $45 million, with $21 guaranteed.'' Then they'd go each player, one by one, and make the offer. That's the smartest way to not get held hostage by a player you don't think is worth first-pick-in-the-draft money. If no player took the offer, which would surprise me, Miami would have to decide whether it would be willing to pick the best guy blind, with no deal.
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/peter_king/04/06/labor/3.html
 
how did this guy get a job writing for the NFL?

I had the same theory, but I correctly theorized that we would offer an increase over Calvin Johnson's contract

no agent is gonna go for King's "idea"
 
two reasons why I will never again trust Peter King's judgement:
1- he once called Nick Saban one of the top 5 coaches on the planet
2- in August 2006, he predicted the Dolphins were going to the Superbowl
 
haha, awesome theory but it will never work.

Hopefully they can do that with both Longs like lbmclean_sj said after Calvin Johnson's contract last year because IMO the FO has it down between those 2.
 
Peter King has obviously been hanging out in the smoking lounge with Ricky.
 
FinFanatic80 said:
haha, awesome theory but it will never work.

Hopefully they can do that with both Longs like lbmclean_sj said after Calvin Johnson's contract last year because IMO the FO has it down between those 2.
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it doesn't matter how many candidates there are because we can only dictate whether they have a chance to go #1 or #2. we don't dicate who could go #3 and beyond. I think Peter King is really missing this point.

I'm not even sure if you could go to a guy destined for the middle of round 1 and offer him Adams' money, whether his agent would be cool with that.
 
Peter King does have a point. Also, remember though as much as we'd like to sign whoever we draft, the bottom line is we don't HAVE to sign them unless the contract price is to the team's liking.

Teams should not be held hostage to huge rookie contracts.
 
Actually...I rather like the idea....teams have the power if they stick together...and tell the rookies...you either sign now or next year it will be far less, when the CBA is done and over. The Veteran players will support the Teams...because they will make out better in the long run.
 
King has it wrong. The deal is to see who will sign before the draft, not will you sign for "this much". The deal is you get the guy to sign so he is not sitting out. The money is a givin. That deal will be slightly more than Calvin Johnson. End of story. The deal is to get the guy in camp and ready to go day one.

Some poeple have absolutely no common sense around here.
 
finfan54 said:
King has it wrong. The deal is to see who will sign before the draft, not will you sign for "this much". The deal is you get the guy to sign so he is not sitting out. The money is a givin. That deal will be slightly more than Calvin Johnson. End of story. The deal is to get the guy in camp and ready to go day one.

Some poeple have absolutely no common sense around here.
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if we really like one guy, then we will have to shell out more than Russell got

but I think that the Longs and perhaps Gholston and Ryan are close enough in value/grade that we can play them off of each other

first guy to accept x% more than Calvins deal gets to be #1. who wants it?
now if multiple guys say yes? we pick the most valuable to us
 
Just to repost something I said in another thread:

I don't think Peter King has ever been right on a draft rumor in the decade that I've been following football. The guy knows so little about the actual game, that it's real easy to snow him, and I think teams take full advantage of that.
 
finfan54 said:
King has it wrong. The deal is to see who will sign before the draft, not will you sign for "this much". The deal is you get the guy to sign so he is not sitting out. The money is a givin. That deal will be slightly more than Calvin Johnson. End of story. The deal is to get the guy in camp and ready to go day one.

Some poeple have absolutely no common sense around here.
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king has it right. it is about the money. look it pretty simple. if we pass on jake long the next team that is rumored to take him is kc. now that drops him to the 5th pick. he can either sign a deal worth less than #1 money but more than # 5 or he can take his chances, same goes for VG and ryan. do you know the difference between being first and possibly 8th, thats what facing ryan. dont tell me he wont think about taking less money to make sure what happened to quinn doesnt happen to him. the only who it wont work on is chris long because he probaly wont fall past st louis.

if we really do like all 4 of these guys and we would be happy with any of them then this makes great sense.
 
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