the "home town" discount everyone is hoping for is going to be 19 mill a year and some change.
everyone else WILL, and i repeat, WILL be paying 20 mil a year. he is not signing for major insentives or 7 mill a year.
signing manning to me is BAD mistake for the finz right now. i think he can still play at a winning, pro bowl level for the next 2-3-years but this is what that 2-3 years will look like:
1. no factor in free agency. 3rd string depth and bargain bin cast offs. peytons salry kills f/a.
2. BIG risk to mannings health as we have a HORRID o-line. matt moore is FAR more athletic than manning and he ran for his life on almost every play. he WILL be taking sacks in miami, more than he ever has and it will take a toll on his mind and body and this thing could be over before its gets started stunting the teams growth and sticking us with some serious dead cash weight.
3. speaking of team growth stunting, peyton has already said he wants his same act in miami basically running and designing the plays and play calls. he wants the band back together. more money. we have a new coach coming in with a history of guru-sh west coast offense and its designs. this imediatly cuts our new coach off at the knees being peytons lacky and costing him authority and respect in the locker room. it would HAVE TO take a negative effect on philbins psyc being a new head coach and being second fiddle to his qb. not the way to start out a new regime and plan a future. it stunts the future.
4. we are NOT qb away from the show. FAR from it. our o-line is in trouble. i firmly believe jake long is starting to break down. i think there is a BIG chance he is in and out of the line up and may have a short career. it happens. cary should have retired 3 years ago. we need a starting rt and a another guard. all these folks clamoring about guys on the bench have to remember, they havnt been able to beat out the bums we have on the line now. columbo ws protected by sparano but a couple guys to take that spot couldnt beat out the guys before columbo. so not only do we need a couple of new guards and a rt, we could use some better depth!! and this is all IF big jake can stay healthy. if not, disaster for peyton. pouncy is a star in the making and on his way to being the leauges elite center. but, peyton wants the band back together and his most vocal player has been for jeff saturday who will NOT be coming in as a guard. so, they would have to stunt pouncys growth and slide him to guard. not a good move for the future. and saturday isnt coming for cheap either as he knows he IS a package deal with peyton. he knows peyton, his cadence and all the line calls for all the plays peyton likes to run. more money.......
DEFENSE, we absolutely need a another pass rusher to pair with cam. we need another REAL cb to pair with vontae and finally get sean smith on the bench wher he belongs. we need 2, yes, i said 2 safeties. all this yeremiah bell stuff is rediculous. probably the most overrated player on this team. he cant cover, isnt fast. his calling card is making a huge hit once every 4 games. but, like many players, the fans have exacted untouchable on him. we are switching up this defense. new coach, new terminology, new schemes. players will be changing around with misi now being experimented at as ilb. solei will be gone and MISSED! 3-4, 4-3, he is a load and is coming into his own. now a dt/nt will be needed. stark was a failure inside, merling is nothing and never will be and is a knuckle head who can implode any minute.
5. take all this above and now throw in the fact that players will have to be released to fit peyton and saturday and 90% reggie wayne is on this ticket and we will have to replace players we have, get new ones, AND PAY all this money to peyton, saturday and wayne. we dont have the cap and we dont have the roster to to get rid of many players. the only players we have that would make any difference in cap room to restructure are few. real few. not enough. players will be GONE to fit all the manning pieces in. and again, we are NOT a qb away from going to the show. we ned more than a qb and need to ADD GOOD PLAYERS, not get rid of any.
SO, what does a manning signing look like? a stunted groth to a young team and staff. strangled financially. no factor in free agency for at least 3 years. a pocket statue qb who will be forced regularly out of the pocket with an iffy shoulder and fans and coaches holding their breath everytime a defender gets near him. NONE of it looks good. not worth the big yrds and plays manning will make which wouldnt be enough because we cant afford players. thats what it looks like.
and i dont think philbin would have signed up for this and i dont think the brass is ready to bank their iffy reputations and the teams future on such a HUGE gamble.
RG3 trade is much more a better scenerio for this team. we get a young guy to grow with the young team. he plays FOR the coaching staff and learns their offense, not the other way around. we lose some pics, but, we would still have some AND we will be able to get some players in free agency. if the finz brass is dead set on big name qb as the off season move, a trade for rg3 makes the most sense and is a MUCH better move for the teams future.
a peyton manning contract looks BAD all the way around. but, being said, now that manning is in play, if the rams have ANY interest in trading that pic, they just got some real competition for one of your most likely and desperate trade partners. you may see the rams on the phone and talking big right away if their not on the phone with them now. if miami signs manning, no trade out with them. only 2 players that teams were interested at all in moving up that far was for one either of the two qb's. luck is off the table and all thats left is rg3. they dont want to be stuck desperately wanting out of the # 2 spot and only one team [redskins] left to deal with as cleveland has said they are not throwing in their second # 1 pic and the rams want to stay in the top 10. if miami wants rg3, and the colts want more value for the 2nd pic, it has to be done now and miami is in a good spot to get ta deal done with having the manning card to play.
