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re: Schefter on Brees
Posted on 2/29/12 at 10:50 am to Mouth
Posted on 2/29/12 at 10:50 am to Mouth
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I'm not surprised one bit that this is taking till the last minute.
Again, I'm not surprised that it's taking this long NOW. It should have been done years ago to prevent it from getting to this point.
The Saints lost any leverage they may have had by letting Drew play out the contract.
We would have signed him for WAAAAAAY less money two years ago while he still had 2 years left on a deal than we will this week.
Brees now has no reason to negotiate really. Two years ago, all he would have been looking for was a reasonable bump from his current deal.
Now, we have nothing holding him. He can basically ask for whatever he wants because if we won't pay him, someone else will.
We have NO leverage.
It's the same reason there is ZERO chance we keep Nicks if we don't have the tag available to keep him.
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Posted on 2/29/12 at 10:53 am to Tiger Voodoo
i completely understand the frustration. how could we not be frustrated by the best Saints player in history to be dicked around.
however, doesnt it seem like something else is going on behind the scenes? i mean they extended paytons contract very easily, admist the dallas rumors.
however, doesnt it seem like something else is going on behind the scenes? i mean they extended paytons contract very easily, admist the dallas rumors.
Posted on 2/29/12 at 11:04 am to Tiger Voodoo
quote:
The Saints lost any leverage they may have had by letting Drew play out the contract.
We would have signed him for WAAAAAAY less money two years ago while he still had 2 years left on a deal than we will this week.
I assume by letting Brees play out his contract it has allowed the Saints more cap room over these past few years. I'm sure the FO and Brees knew that an 80-90 million dollar contract would have prevented them from resigning key players. i.e. Evans, Moore, Pierre, Harper ect.
At that time of those signings they were top priorities and they managed to get them done. I know for a fact they will make the best decisions for this team and I'm not gonna freak out until they have given me a reason too.
Posted on 2/29/12 at 11:19 am to Tiger Voodoo
... this is interesting to watch pan out from an outsiders perspective. I'll get put on blast here but this is quickly becoming a PR/Exec management blunder of all blunders.
If they have to use the franchise tag on Brees, wow, and I were a Saints fan - I'd be calling for exec's heads to roll.
Tiger Voodoo said it best:
If they have to use the franchise tag on Brees, wow, and I were a Saints fan - I'd be calling for exec's heads to roll.
Tiger Voodoo said it best:
quote:
We have NO leverage.
It's the same reason there is ZERO chance we keep Nicks if we don't have the tag available to keep him.
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