Sheriff Gonna Getcha
11-24-2004, 12:36 AM
Well that was money well spent. :stop:
During the offseason, Barrow signed a six-year, $11.6 million contract, which included a $2.5 million bonus. Barrow, coming off a season with a career-high 177 tackles for the New York Giants, was a projected starter. The middle linebacker job then went to Antonio Pierce, who emerged from obscurity to be one of the best performers on a unit ranked No. 2 in the NFL.
cpayne5
11-24-2004, 12:41 AM
Well, hindsight is always 20/20. I wouldn't mind keeping him around if he can perform. Gregg Williams seems to have pretty good scouting abilities, so I'd love to see him in the lineup next year.
Sheriff Gonna Getcha
11-24-2004, 12:45 AM
Yeah, we should keep him. Cutting Barrow would cost us about a $2.2 million cap hit if we cut him before June 1st. But then again, he's going to be 42! Ray Brown is 41! I know Gibbs, Bugel & Co. are old, but it would be nice to make our team younger, not older.
According to Len Pastabelly, if we don't make roster moves in the offseason (which we surely will), the median age of our players will be the oldest in the league. I guess Brunell, Brown, Barrow, and a few others really throw off the curve.
Daseal
11-24-2004, 12:45 AM
It's going to be impossible to unload him now!
cpayne5
11-24-2004, 12:51 AM
Barrow will be 35 next season. I don't really see Ray Brown coming back in anything other than a 3rd string role.
Sheriff Gonna Getcha
11-24-2004, 01:46 AM
Barrow will be 35 next season. I don't really see Ray Brown coming back in anything other than a 3rd string role.
:doh: Sorry, I read the article about Ray Brown being 42 next year right after I read the article about Barrow going on IR. Just a itsy bitsy seven year mix-up.
Skins4SB
11-24-2004, 01:48 AM
I heard that Ray Brown signed a 3 year deal with us when he was on Monday Night Live last night. A 45 year old guard? Talking about your veterans...jeez
skinsfanthru&thru
11-24-2004, 01:59 AM
he may have also been partially responsible for helping peirce fit into the mlb spot which before this year he hadn't done before. I thought with him our lb group would have been monsters but I didn't expect both him and lavar to have been out as much as they have. people have talked about resting coles for the rest of the year, anyone in favor of doing the same with lavar?
aehs77
11-24-2004, 03:53 AM
people have talked about resting coles for the rest of the year, anyone in favor of doing the same with lavar? no not really
Barrow should be back next year only because we really wouldn't stand to save much by cutting him.
Plus, call me crazy but I think he's still got some ball left in him, once he gets healthy that is.