It's Rosenhaus

I hope the team respond with a new trend of telling these players: "tough noogies, baby, you're under contract." Otherwise, the floodgates have flung wide open for good.

Sort of like the Eagles? I much as I hate them I have to give props to the Eagles organization for the way they handle player and their contract demands.

I'm not a big fan of player hold outs, however, I was just listening to a lot of the people he is holding out. The Roster:

T.O.
Santana Moss
Sean Taylor
Edge
Shaun Alexander
Rueben Droughns
Javon Walker
Anquan Boldin

Of them Santana Moss is awaiting a new deal. I could understand that. T.O. doesn't think that making 750k in the third year of his deal is fair...it isn't. Sean Taylor has no leg to stand on, in my book. Edge wants a long term deal or wants to be traded...that's kinda pushing it. Shaun Alexander wants the same. Rueben had one year with the Broncos, the other 4 years of his career he never even broke 100 yards. One year, from out of nowhere doesn't warrant a new deal. He's gonna make 950k this year, if he does it again, then I could understand it. Now, Javon Walker and Anquan Boldin each have a legitimate beef. Boldin has been one of the better wide outs in the league in his first two years and showed a lot of heart last year. He deserves more than 350k this season. Walker is only slated to make 550k next year, 500k this year. He went for 1400 yards last year. He deserves more, too.

Consider the fact that if Javon Walker plays like one of the best WRs in the league the next 2 season and his career is ended and he never renegotiates he'll make slightly more than 1.5 million dollars for his efforts. That's unreal. They should re-do his deal. They should tweak T.O.'s deal, not rip it up and start all over. Boldin deserves a new deal, too.

Nothing is guaranteed to the players in the NFL. It should be able to go both ways. I can see where the players are coming from on this one.

This agent is bad news for the NFL................

I'm not a big fan of player hold outs, however, I was just listening to a lot of the people he is holding out. The Roster:

T.O.
Santana Moss
Sean Taylor
Edge
Shaun Alexander
Rueben Droughns
Javon Walker
Anquan Boldin


Wow....now the WWE wrestlers are starting to hold out for bigger contracts...or either the guitarist of U2! What's the world coming to? j/k :smashfrea

The thing about T.O. is that he wasn't really a free agent. He had to deal with Philly becuase Baltimore had the rights to him. His agent at that time was a screw up. However he got a BIG signing bonus and it is the contract he signed.
If I was Philly I would say fine let him hold out. Let him sit for a bit losing money and not getting the attention he craves. After that if he doesn't cave in then shop him for a trade, although any smart team wouldn't want him. He causes problems wherever he goes and badmouths his teammates in the media.

Rosenhaus has always dealt well with Snyder though. =/

Suspend any player that does not live up to his contract for 1 year and see how much that hurts his pocket book and maybe he will start to listen to reason then. And suspend the Postons and Rosenhaus' privilege of being an agent for any player for one year. They might wise up too.

shouldn't we have talked to moss about the contract b4 the trade?

Taylor can't afford not to play if we fight back he won't sit out for 6 years. he will recognize that his career is on the line, i truly think if WE don't give in he will come back.

Rosenhaus has always dealt well with Snyder though. =/
Yeah, which kind of has me wondering why he would want to burn that bridge.

I think this salary cap thing limited the wrong aspect of the game.

I realize this idea isn't fool proof, but the salary cap should be placed on the player's contracts and not so much the spending of the team itself. If there was a way to place a decent cap on the contracts - a cap that would get the approval of the player's union, maybe these agents wouldn't have such a strangle hold on the NFL.

Then again, maybe every team should just say live with the contract or find some other line of work. Teams are going to lose superstars, but the flood gates have got to be closed or this is going to ruin the NFL further.