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Bills source tells me Titans called to gauge interest in Chris Johnson, but Bills weren't interested. (1/2)
Bills source thinks Titans floated Bills as possible trade partner for Chris Johnson to make it seem like they didn't just cut him. (2/2)
I'm no expert but seems like the Bills were a really dumb choice to use for an excuse. There were better teams the GM could have used to make pretend than us if it's true, and I find lately I'm starting to wonder what's going on with Graham's reporting, like he's trying too hard, or maybe the Titan's GM needs to go back to GM school.
No clue why anyone would think we'd prefer an older Spiller with more wear to a younger one with another year of contract left, like we have to worry about paying an RB elite money when no one pays elite rb's money these days. Spiller is not going to break the bank no matter what he does this year.
Maybe I'm missing something, but unless we didn't idly ask (for whatever peculiar reasoning), I can't imagine why the Titans would have used us among everyone else for a head game.
Bills source tells me Titans called to gauge interest in Chris Johnson, but Bills weren't interested. (1/2)
Bills source thinks Titans floated Bills as possible trade partner for Chris Johnson to make it seem like they didn't just cut him. (2/2)
this is whaley's first season with the full deck of cards...it seems like he is a little bit more awake than the last set of GM's we've had. he seems to kick the tires on any opennings. And he doesn't seem to be doing it for marketing purposes. give him some credit there.
26 Mil for the first 2 years of his contract, from what was reported. Not Manning, Rodgers or Brady...an OG.
He receives $26M over the first 3 years of his deal. He receives $19.5M in the first 2 years, $13M in year one (all in terms of cash).
In terms of AAV he is 4th in the NFL at $7.8M, behind Carl Nicks ($9.5M), Logan Mankins ($8.5M) and Jahri Evans ($8.1M), ahead of Ben Grubbs ($7.2M). His contract isn't the albatross it is made out to be, given his cap number never gets higher than $8.6M in the life of the contract. Given the way that the cap is rising, that isn't hard to deal with. You could argue he is overpaid, but that is what happens when you sign a guy in FA, like the Bills did with Mario Williams. I don't think the Titans regret the move, given they needed him to help resolve big problems on the OL.
I find it funny how people think it is stupid to pay at OG. Yet, most of the real good teams do so:
- The Patriots are carrying Logan Mankins this year at a $10.5M cap number.
- The Saints are carrying Jahri Evans at $11M and Ben Grubbs at $9.1M.
- The Broncos are carrying Louis Vasquz at $7.25M.
- The Ravens are carrying Marshall Yanda at $8.45M.
- The Packers are carrying Josh Sitton at $6.4M.
I could come up with more examples, but most of the good teams are paying a premium for interior lineman these days, because they are important. Mike Iupati is probably next, and his deal with be near the top at the position. If you have good players, you keep them.
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