re: Saints Sign Jabari Greer

Good article below. It explains that they could not afford to sign Greer to a 6 mil contract per year. So they just had to make room.


McGee’s chances to be re-signed in 2010 better now
Posted: March 4th, 2009 | Chris Brown
Tags: Drayton Florence, Jabari Greer, NFL free agency, Terrence McGee
With the signing of Drayton Florence to terms that are not breaking the bank, Buffalo should be in position to re-sign Terrence McGee next offseason when he’s to become a free agent or sooner.

Had Jabari Greer re-signed with Buffalo for upwards of $6M or more per season, it would have dramatically reduced the chances of McGee re-signing with the Bills after the 2009 season.

The reason why is Buffalo is already heavily invested in Leodis McKelvin. Had they signed Greer to big money, investing heavily again in McGee would be unrealistic because you can’t have too many fat contracts at one position. It becomes cost prohibitive in terms of addressing other positional needs on your team.

I don’t know this, but I always got the sense that the organization valued McGee as a player just a little bit more than Greer. I could be wrong, but perhaps that’s why Greer didn’t find Buffalo’s offer satisfactory.