Predict Landry's contract details

yeah ya the same dudes that said we should not draft a safety before the draft. Remember it me Its Me Snitches!!!


Say what?

Why is our rookie pool so low? It's not like we had any rookies to sign. Did we give HB Blades a Ginormous signing bonus? Anyone know?

I know that our rookie pool started out at $3.4 million, per this report from ESPN (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2862869).

And per JLC in his blog (http://blog.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/2007/07/cap_stuffcooley_stuffjc_stuffr.html):

Also, Skins have $2.1 million left under the rookie cap, which, given the low base salaries these guys make, is plenty of space for LaRon Landry. Those talks are ongoing.


This tell me we used $1.3 million on Ecker, Blades, Sartz, and Palmer. That's about $300K per player, which essentially amounts to their base salaries. So JLC's number of $2.1 remaining makes total sense to me: the Redskins started with $3.4 million in room, they signed the 4 low draft picks to essentially minimum salary deals, leaving them with $2.1.

The $3.4 we started with isn't out of whack with the rest of the NFL. Tampa had 10 draft picks, including Gaines Adams at #4 overall, and was allocated only $6.1 million in rookie pool money.

The rookie pool has set up a push-pull in the financial market between the vets and the rookies. As we know, vets got huge contracts this past offseason. But the rookie pool did not rise in proportion with those huge contracts this season. Rookies are seeing the big money that vets got this offseason, and they're being aggressive in their negotiations. But teams are having to tell them hey, we're bound by the rookie pool, it is what it is. And consequently you have a lot of #1 picks who still aren't signed.

Rookies may be thinking that at first, but guys like Rosenhaus and other power agents should be nipping those thoughts in the bud pretty quick: "Look Super-High Draft Pick, I know you want the big payday but I can only give you 2.1 mil per season due to the rookie cap. There's is no other way around it."

my bad at the bottom it says that we are very close to signing Landry. Sorry Schneed.

washingtonpost.com (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/26/AR2007072602239.html)

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Quake, what the hell man. What is that supposed to tell us?? Let's go man, you're in the locker room; so be more descriptive, make a point in your post, and explain to us how the hell this article is relevant to the thread.

At least the Skins aren't deal with Brady "you should give me top 10 money because you valued me as a top 10 player even though I was picked #22" Quinn...things could be worse.

my bad at the bottom it says that we are very close to signing Landry. Sorry Schneed.

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It all good. I was just like wha???

I did too the link was messed up. but I think I fixed it.

22.35M
4 Years
Two Blondes
One Midget
& Gregg Williams' wife for the night