Brooking to Stay in Atlanta

[Bulldog]

107.7 WNSA reported that Brooking signed a contract somewhere in the neighborhood of 7 years, $40 million. I don't know how much the signing bonus was, and no I don't have a link. With this signing setting the market price for linebackers, I would say that Spikes is going to get a similar contract if not more.

[don137]

The signing bonus was for around 10.5 million. I would be shocked if the Bengals match a deal like that if Takeo was offered similar money.
I also don't see the Bengals keeping the #1 pick because it would cost too much to keep but that is another story. They will use the song and dance of we traded down to fill more holes because we have more than one hole to fill.

[BLeonard]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/columns/pasquarelli_len/1511902.html

There's a link...

That pretty much takes them out of the Peerless Price Sweepstakes... Washington has turned their attention towards David Boston. If I were Price, I'd get a contract in place before teams don't have any money to offer him.

-Bill

[don137]

It really is amazing how fast money disappears in FA and we are not even there yet. If Washington signs Boston then Arizona does not have any quality WR's so they may be in the market for Price.
Atlanta has to realize they still need to improve there team because in order to reach the super bowl they can not just rely on signing there own. With that said they will probably either draft a WR or sign a veteren FA WR cheap later in the FA period. I do not think they can afford Price now.

[Bulldog]

This also could be part of TD's plan. Let the other teams who would be interested in Price sign other free agents, thus filling their needs. He then would have more bargaining power with Price and his agent. There aren't that many teams who are going to give or can afford the money that Price wants.