08-22-2012, 11:35 AM | #31 | |
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Hold out lasts throughout training camp and preseason. The two parties get together the day after the final preseason game and they reach a compromise of some sort. And I think a lot of it will be the Jags waiving a majority if not all of the fines MJD has incurred wince his holdout started. Same story, different team, different player, different year. And some player on a team will pull this next year as well. Mark that down. And the outcome will mostly likely be the same. MJD saw that contract extension that Forte landed with the Bears this year. Forte gets something in the neighborhood of 17 M GUARANTEED. That is what MJD is looking at. He does not have that type of guarantee. Last edited by sandtrapjack; 08-22-2012 at 11:41 AM. |
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08-22-2012, 11:42 AM | #32 | |
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Owners: want to pay as little as possibe and get the most reward. Sign players to contracts and not have to worry about reworking contracts. and if players can't play for whatever reason... cut them. ^ the key here is the owner is still responsible for a portion of the contract even after the player has long gone. Heck does Randel El, Haynesworth, and a half a dozen other players ring a bell. I'm sure we are still paying on someone. Players: want the big $$$. A house, car, bling, partying, etc. etc. They want to rework their contracts when they have a good season.... would they be willing to rework them for lower salaries if they have a bad season? Their mind set is "I want to get paid cause football won't last forever and I could get injured and never play again." HELLO... um, thats why you took classes in college to get a job skill. I'm on the fence. Always have been. Maybe leaning more towards the owners since the players agreed to the contracts, they signed saying they would take that money for each year. If they thought they were better then they were they should not have signed for so little money. Not everyone gets to start out in the penthouse, usually you have to start at the bottom and work your way up through the company which means you to probably took a job for less then what you thought you were worth and hopefully later got better pay. or you leave for another company that will, ie; Free Agency. |
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MJD and the Jags owner need to sit down and work something out. I see no reason why they can't toss him a little bone.
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08-22-2012, 01:33 PM | #36 |
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In MJD's case I understand both sides position.
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However, the team has run him into the ground and shortened his career, so it's a risk to pay him. Come to the Redskins, Maurice. You won't have to make the annual London trip with us.
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MJD is a beast, he's a great running back but the team around wasn't good enough to benefit form his production. And I doubt the team is good enough to benefit from it right now as they groom Blaine Gabbert. And by the time the passing offense is reading to carry the team MJD will be all used up. From a franchise perspecitve it doesn't make sense to reward a player for past performance, especially when it likely will not benefit from there production going forward. (benefit in the case being playoff contention) |
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08-22-2012, 01:51 PM | #39 |
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If I were the Jags owner, and i know im not, but if I were, two things I would do.
1. Increase the rest of his contract a mil per year for the next two remaining years, so he would make 5.4 and 5.9 million per year through the 13-14 season. 2. Add one more guaranteed year at 4 mil for the yr onto the ass end of the contract so he would make 4.0 mil the last year of his contract, in which he would be 31 years old. He would be quite the geriatric if he lasts that long, with his running style and the reliance the Jags lean on him for, but I will say I think that he deserves it. Even if he completely takes a step back THIS season, I find it hard to believe the Jags would cut him in the last year, when he is only set to make 4.4 million next year. Throw him a bone, like Matty said, give him 1 mil a year more for the next two years, and then guarantee a 4th year at 4 mil. Seems lie a fair compromise, and both sides would be happy. *It would keep him in the top 8 RB's average salary for this year (so far, barring any additional late signings or salary adjustments) - |
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But, it could work. Wouldn't cry a river if we cut cooley, moss, brown and someone else, restructured a contract, maybe two, and tried it. |
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08-22-2012, 03:24 PM | #41 |
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For real.
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Totally agree. Maybe the new owner is just putting on a "look tough" front to establish precedent and then will cave.
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Running backs are a dime a dozen, it's probably the easiest position to fill atm that you really don't need a Star to make it work. Not to mention it's a pass first league pretty much. I'd give him an extra one million this year because he really did carry the team but that's it. He's 27 and we all know rbs lose it around 28 or 29.
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would yal call this a grudge??
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