|
View Poll Results: Should the Redskins pay or trade Trent Williams? | |||
Pay him | 34 | 46.58% | |
Trade him | 39 | 53.42% | |
Voters: 73. You may not vote on this poll |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
08-30-2019, 10:39 AM | #1 | |
Living Legend
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 22,221
|
Re: Trent Williams holding out for new deal
Quote:
Also, this is not a situation where the teams can sit and wait for the Redskins to release Trent. As long as Trent is not showing up, he's giving up his salary to the team. If Trent doesn't play for two years straight, he is giving up $21 million to the team.
__________________
R.I.P. #21 |
|
08-30-2019, 10:40 AM | #2 | |
Special Teams
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 331
|
Re: Trent Williams holding out for new deal
Quote:
I'm not sure now much of the $100 million he has earned to date he netted after paying representation and taxes, nor how much of it he still has, but it is for sure that his days of earning that kind of money are numbered. Pro athletes generally need to earn as much as they can while they still can. It seems odd to me that anyone would think that $21 million is unimportant to him. Frankly, I agree with the folks who think that represents a tremendous amount of leverage for the Redskins. This is most likely not a season that the Redskins are making a push for a deep playoff run, so I'm not seeing the argument that Trent has a lot of leverage here. Maybe you'll prove to be right, but I'm not seeing it right now. |
|
08-30-2019, 11:16 AM | #3 | |
Living Legend
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 22,221
|
Re: Trent Williams holding out for new deal
Quote:
But as I said before, as long as he is not showing up and keeping quiet, he is not putting any pressure on the team to do anything.
__________________
R.I.P. #21 |
|
08-29-2019, 01:52 PM | #4 |
A Dude
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Newtown Square, PA
Age: 44
Posts: 12,416
|
Re: Trent Williams holding out for new deal
"Schneed was right."
- everyone on The Warpath on 9/8/2019
__________________
God made certain people to play football. He was one of them. |
09-03-2019, 10:57 PM | #5 |
A Dude
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Newtown Square, PA
Age: 44
Posts: 12,416
|
Re: Trent Williams holding out for new deal
Might not be on 9/8. But as usual...
__________________
God made certain people to play football. He was one of them. |
09-03-2019, 11:02 PM | #6 |
Playmaker
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Yokohama, Japan
Posts: 4,525
|
Re: Trent Williams holding out for new deal
Haha don't jinx it man! But yeah definitely looks like your "he won't miss out on many game checks" theory is well in play.
__________________
Derz Ambassaderz in the Land of the Rising Sun. Oui Monsieur. |
08-29-2019, 01:53 PM | #7 |
Living Legend
Join Date: Aug 2008
Age: 57
Posts: 21,202
|
Re: Trent Williams holding out for new deal
In my opinion the loudest single fact screaming that the medical issue is a dodge from whatever TW's true motivation is, is the fact that the NFLPA has not issued one single press release on TW's behalf, or hammering the Skins for not doing something about the medical staff. I think if there was a there - there, the NFLPA would be vocal about it.
I still think something outside the realm of press releases and leaks are at play here, and I think it's enough to keep TW sidelined. |
08-29-2019, 02:04 PM | #8 |
A Dude
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Newtown Square, PA
Age: 44
Posts: 12,416
|
Re: Trent Williams holding out for new deal
What you're saying is entirely plausible. But I keep coming back to this: two years, $21M, plus potential for another if tagged, is a lot to give up for a 31 year old. No matter what his beef, he's going to realize he'd rather play than walk away from his prime.
__________________
God made certain people to play football. He was one of them. |
08-29-2019, 02:12 PM | #9 |
A Dude
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Newtown Square, PA
Age: 44
Posts: 12,416
|
Re: Trent Williams holding out for new deal
__________________
God made certain people to play football. He was one of them. |
08-29-2019, 02:23 PM | #10 | |
Warpath Hall of Fame
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: UNITED STATES
Age: 37
Posts: 35,999
|
Re: Trent Williams holding out for new deal
Quote:
__________________
“Mediocre people don’t like high achievers, and high achievers don’t like mediocre people.” ― Nick Saban |
|
08-29-2019, 02:58 PM | #11 | |
Living Legend
Join Date: Aug 2008
Age: 57
Posts: 21,202
|
Re: Trent Williams holding out for new deal
Quote:
Also sounds like he is perplexed why we are at this point, and I 100percent agree on that Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk |
|
08-29-2019, 05:08 PM | #12 |
Living Legend
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 22,221
|
Re: Trent Williams holding out for new deal
Also, to the armchair GMs I ask you this:
- Do you really want to give a new money contract to an aging/injury-ridden (yet elite) player, when you have a similarly aged player (Kerrigan), who can easily knock on the team's door and demand something similar. Yes, Kerrigan is not elite like Trent, but he's been durable and consistent. - Do you want to set the precedence of having a star player dictate the front office what to do, in terms of firing people and making team decisions to make the star player happy? Do people remember bitching about Portis, RG3, and other star players going above the coach's head and straight to the owner? Again, tell me what type of leverage does Trent have? Everyone expects the team to suck, and still this coaching staff has managed to win 14 games in the past two seasons with 50 players on IR. And there is a slight possibility of the team being able to get by with Penn. Let's say completely worst case scenario, Trent sits out this season and let's play crazy scenario and say that he sits out two seasons. Do people realize that this would mean a savings of $21 mil for the team (or whatever the remaining amount of $$ is in his contract). The only way Trent has leverage now is if last year's team had stayed healthy, had made it to the playoffs, and had better expectations this season. Other than that, I'm fine with the team letting this continue. Somewhere down this season, a team will get desperate and will offer more than a 1st round for Trent. Or as I said before, he can continue to sit out, and the team gets that money back.
__________________
R.I.P. #21 |
08-29-2019, 06:02 PM | #13 |
Living Legend
Join Date: Aug 2008
Age: 57
Posts: 21,202
|
Re: Trent Williams holding out for new deal
When it comes to getting the money back, that is huge in terms of Alex Smiths number next year.
New conspiracy theory: TW and Skins are in cahoots to save the cap money this year to deal with AS' numbers and they are going to give him Tom Brady type status going forward. Yeah that's it, that's the ticket! |
08-29-2019, 07:01 PM | #14 |
Warpath Hall of Fame
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 33,996
|
Re: Trent Williams holding out for new deal
Man, if we coulda moved TW for a first and walk away with something less...HUGE fuck up
__________________
My pronouns: King/Your ruler He Gets Us |
08-30-2019, 11:50 AM | #15 |
Pro Bowl
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Jacksonville, Forida
Posts: 6,317
|
Re: Trent Williams holding out for new deal
The left side of our OL is going to be a pass rush freeway starting in Game 1. Then we'll see whether Trent or the Skins possess the most leverage.
Personally, I think Smithers has already f'ed up royally by not getting the OL fixed. We're risking getting one or more QB's hurt which will certainly derail our season. If was Bruce Allen's boss, this is what I would tell him: "Fix it - now!". p.s. Fix it to me means fix it in whatever way Allen deems appropriate. Just fix it and do it now. |
|
|