Players view on the Coles situation

I think Coles has shown a lot of heart on the field, but he needs to get his off the field emotions under control. I still think that if Coles really wanted out, on his terms, he could get it. He would just have to give back all the money it would cost to release him. Even if he gave back 5 million, the skins would take a cap hit... so he would have to do some complicated restructure to make it happen. The Skin's didn't invent the salary cap, but they have to deal with it and therefore do not have the luxery of giving in to Coles desires.

Right now, what I see is that Coles took a big ( I think 13 million?) sign on bonus, collected the cash, then played for two years and wants out. Giving back 5 million still leaves him with 8 million and whatever his salary was. We can't afford to ditch Brunnel, what makes anyone think we could afford to ditch Coles? If he doesn't like things right now, just wait a year, see how things are, and then ask for a trade when it won't cost the team as much. I wonder if he is afraid that the toe may get worse and wants one more big payday.

Now, to trade him, he wants to keep ALL the money, and get a richer contract with the next team. That just rubs me wrong! The reason any team would give him a sign on bonus the way we did is if we would be able to build around him for years. If he doesn't like his contract situation, he can only blame himself. Thank goodness there seem to be other Skins players that feel like he is on the wrong page.

This whole situation really sickens me! I've lost alot of respect for L.C. You can blame this on Gibbs' unproductive offense all you want, but this to me shows that LC is in it for himself...not for the team.

We need a healthy Coles...or a healthy Moss....we can't afford to come out of this with nothing.

Yeah, I definitely think Pierce will be back. I don't think other teams are going to give any outrageous bids based on one great season. The Redskins need him more because he is great in their "system" and I won't go so far to call him a system player but playing for GW definitely helps.

Yeah, I definitely think Pierce will be back. I don't think other teams are going to give any outrageous bids based on one great season. The Redskins need him more because he is great in their "system" and I won't go so far to call him a system player but playing for GW definitely helps.

This is the NFL we're talking about, players who have one great season get rewarded with huge deals all the time.

That being said, I do agree teams may view him being a product of Williams' system. I'll even go a step further and say despite his very good season last year, Pierce is not in the upper echelon of MLB's just yet.

He should receive some interest, let's just hope it's something reasonable that we can match.

That's exactly what I'm thinking. Based on his intelligence alone, that will help his asking price, BUT I still think he will only get adequate offers that the Redskins should (hopefully) be able to match.