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Cheesehead
longtime, you know I'm fairly neutral on TT so I don't mean to turn this into a "TT - Good or Bad" thread, but the Woodson deal initself is essentially a 3 year 18 million dollar contract. They had the break downs where year four would result in a seriously huge cap hit, which in almost all likely hood will not allow Woodson to be kept (unless he plays like the best CB in the history of the NFL).
Also, when TT signed Bubba the contract was essentially a 4 year deal with a 5th year that contained a ton of money which would never be met.
Many of the big time contracts have a few years with bloated money amounts added to them to make it appear as if the Agent got his way, and to serve as some protection if the play in question plays out of this world.
The Kampman and Pickett deals were very fair, that is to say he did not over pay them. Nothing riddiculous like Grady Jackson type money for Pickett (even though Grady never got Grady Jackson type money), and Kampman was no where near the contract of KGB (and that too after coming of a season in which he had almost a 100 tackles).
LT you bring up an interesting rumour, one which I also remember reading. IF correct, then that would show TT is willing to go above what he would consider fair value to get a player he thinks is great. That could be seen as proof that if TT does end up in a bidding war of sorts for Gonzalez, he won't hesitate to offer his the big bucks (nothing overly silly though) to compete with the big boys.
Also, when TT signed Bubba the contract was essentially a 4 year deal with a 5th year that contained a ton of money which would never be met.
Many of the big time contracts have a few years with bloated money amounts added to them to make it appear as if the Agent got his way, and to serve as some protection if the play in question plays out of this world.
The Kampman and Pickett deals were very fair, that is to say he did not over pay them. Nothing riddiculous like Grady Jackson type money for Pickett (even though Grady never got Grady Jackson type money), and Kampman was no where near the contract of KGB (and that too after coming of a season in which he had almost a 100 tackles).
LT you bring up an interesting rumour, one which I also remember reading. IF correct, then that would show TT is willing to go above what he would consider fair value to get a player he thinks is great. That could be seen as proof that if TT does end up in a bidding war of sorts for Gonzalez, he won't hesitate to offer his the big bucks (nothing overly silly though) to compete with the big boys.
