ch19079 Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 damn, i didnt see the other post.... sorry. DELETE por favor... http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/3400460 making him on par with Ogen money wise... The deal spans seven years and includes a signing bonus that exceeds $15 million and includes additional roster bonuses over the first three years. The total package averages more than $7 million per season, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake-Fat Sunny Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 This is bad and good news for the Bills. It would take one of the far more desirable LTs out of the supply for market and thus raises Jenning price as he moves up the ranking in terms of the most desirable LTs available which is bad news for the Bills as it will likely raise the rate the remaining teams are willing to pay. However, this may well be good news for the Bills as the Seahawks are second in the league for cap room remaining and though they have a lot of unsigned quality players like Alexander/Hasselback (by quality I mean in demand because Alexander is clearly a jerk personally) their large cap room made it quite doable for them to bid on a second tier LT like JJ in order to pretend that losing Jones would be no loss for them. It all comes down to how much actual demand there is for JJ as if as few teams are in the market for an LT as I suspect (subtract the teams committed to an LT with a top 10 OL cap hit, teams committed at LT by the past too large deals given to talents like Cifton and Petitgout at LT, and subtract the team who really need a better LT, but have no cap money to bid high for JJ) there are really only 3 or 4 teams who can even bid against the Bills for JJ services. If Jax, the 49ers, or Chicago is more interested in spending their cap money on JJ than elsewhere his contract hit would probably be too high to make him worth and investment by the Bills (franchise or transition OL cap amounts are too much for JJ if someone wants to pay 1st tier money for him at $7 and $6 million, even the going rate for an LT or minimal talent at $5 million is probably too much for the Bills to commit to an OL player where MW is scheduled for a cap hit of at least $5.8 million, Villareal is in for $3 million and Teague costs $2 million. If we can get JJ for $4 million it probably makes sense to try to upgrades through the better chemistry of keeping him and JMac's work as even this contract would likely preclude us from going into the FA market for an LG. The numbers seem the same, if you want to acquire a better LG one should root against us resigning Jennings as the cap expenditure to resign him will preclude us from getting OL talent above an NFL vet minimum salary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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