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I saw this posted on profootballtalk.com and they were saying how we over paid for joey porter who is a washed up player,and i do admit we over paid slightly,but nate clements gets $80 million,i think he will get our moneys worth,,but what im pissed about is they say joey is washed up,hes only been in the league 8 years and in that time he has 60 sacks and 10 int..pretty damn good and more to come,,and also to mention he will not have to be a superstar in this defense so more oppurtunites wil open up for him,,do any of you think hes washed up and we made a mistake?,,anyway heres the article
http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm
http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm
NEGOTIATION 101
One thing we've noticed over the past week or so is that several teams have given players a bunch of money, even though the teams who signed them weren't, by all appearances, bidding against other suitors.
Case in point -- the decision of the Dolphins to pay Joey Porter $20 million in guaranteed money.
Was there another team poised to pay Porter $19.75 million in guaranteed money? How about $19.5 million?
How about $12 million?
Frankly, we doubt that anyone else was ready to give Porter anything close to $20 million.
Ditto for the Vikings and their two free-agent investments on offense -- tight end Visanthe Shiancoe and receiver Bobby Wade. The talk in league circles is that they were the only serious contenders. So why did they fork over so much money?
Sure, some teams spend it because they have it. But, as Rod Graves aptly notes above, isn't it better to invest some (or most) of that money in guys already on the team?
Speaking of the Cardinals, the fact coach Ken Whisenhunt didn't make a play for a guy he knows well should have been a red flag to the powers-that-be in Miami. Indeed, the word on the street is that some in the Steelers organization are glad that Porter -- regarded as a locker-room lawyer -- is no longer a part of the team.
This isn't a knock on Porter. He should be thrilled with the deal that he got. If, as multiple teams believe, he is finished, he'll exit the game with one helluva retirement package.
As to the Dolphins and any other team that was bidding only against itself, it might be time to go to a seminar or something on how to best spend your owners' money.
One thing we've noticed over the past week or so is that several teams have given players a bunch of money, even though the teams who signed them weren't, by all appearances, bidding against other suitors.
Case in point -- the decision of the Dolphins to pay Joey Porter $20 million in guaranteed money.
Was there another team poised to pay Porter $19.75 million in guaranteed money? How about $19.5 million?
How about $12 million?
Frankly, we doubt that anyone else was ready to give Porter anything close to $20 million.
Ditto for the Vikings and their two free-agent investments on offense -- tight end Visanthe Shiancoe and receiver Bobby Wade. The talk in league circles is that they were the only serious contenders. So why did they fork over so much money?
Sure, some teams spend it because they have it. But, as Rod Graves aptly notes above, isn't it better to invest some (or most) of that money in guys already on the team?
Speaking of the Cardinals, the fact coach Ken Whisenhunt didn't make a play for a guy he knows well should have been a red flag to the powers-that-be in Miami. Indeed, the word on the street is that some in the Steelers organization are glad that Porter -- regarded as a locker-room lawyer -- is no longer a part of the team.
This isn't a knock on Porter. He should be thrilled with the deal that he got. If, as multiple teams believe, he is finished, he'll exit the game with one helluva retirement package.
As to the Dolphins and any other team that was bidding only against itself, it might be time to go to a seminar or something on how to best spend your owners' money.