Tom Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 The jests and the agent for Coles, Roosevelt Barnes, continued their discussions yesterday. It appears the two sides are getting closer to working out a trade as Coles has apparently dropped his demand for a new contract. The Redskins yesterday signed Patriots free-agent wide receiver David Patten, perhaps signaling some movement in a deal to move Coles. To approve the trade, Coles is now said to want about $1.5 million over the next three years to get his contract numbers to roughly $15 million for the three seasons. The five-year veteran, who received the final $5 million of his $13-million roster bonus on Tuesday, is scheduled to have base salaries of $5 million in 2006, $3.75 million in 2007 and $5 million in 2008. Coles, however, will likely want some his base salaries guaranteed and that could be another stumbling block. Last week, the Redskins cleared room on their salary cap by restructuring the contract of tackle Chris Samuels and seem in a better position to absorb the cap hit in excess of $9 million that would occur by trading Coles. It appears both clubs would like to make the trade. The Redskins don't want an unhappy Coles and it would be hard for the jests to bring back Moss after shopping him so publicly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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