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Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat
I want to keep him, but according to a reputable source on extremeskins, Hall was asking for more garaunteed than that before Aso's new contract, which raised the bar for everyone. We might be able to get him for a contract with total 6 year value in the $44M range, but the garaunteed money to sign him is going to be 18M or so now - minimum.
If we resign him, i'm guessing 6 years, 48M with 18M in garaunteed money, done in standard skins fashion where the first three years are manageable before major restructruing is required. I'm thinking cap figures of 5M, 7M, and 8M in the first three years.
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None of this... if your guesses are accurate... seems unreasonable to me. The Hall debate has been somewhat off-point IMO (not pointing to you BHA but in general i mean) as the focus has been a Rogers vs. Hall theme or a Hall vs other FAs. From the day we picked him up I've viewed Hall as Springs replacement and i still think this is sort of a common sense view. So... we're paying Springs $8+ mill to miss several games each season (with '07 being the exception) and btw every off-season he talks about leaving... I'll take Hall, who wants to be Redskin, for $6 to $8 mill a year and feel like we did the smart thing. If we let Hall walk away to get paid $6 to $8 mill somewhere else and continue to pay Springs that kind of dough here... lame!!!