Collins should sue the NFL for the right to be re-entered in the supplemental draft.
The untimely death of an ex should be checked out but this cost the guy millions in deserving income. If this had happened in January and he was cleared, he still goes top 20 last weekend.
This tough luck explanation doesn't work in this circumstance. Why should he pay if he's innocent ?
He's not going to win that suit. The NFL didn't do anything to Collins to cause his stock to drop. Does it suck for the young man? Absolutely, but this isn't the fault of the NFL.Originally Posted by Night Train
COMING SOON...
The above article says he will be meeting with Dallas.
I would love to sign this guy and plug him into RT.
Do we have any sort of leverage once negotiations start? Is Rex's star power basically our only chip?
I thought I saw somewhere that there is a max he can get paid and it's way below 1st round price, so he really will get his pick of the litter when and if the time comes.
Yup. All the teams will offer the same maximum amount of approx. $1.5M over 3 years.
It is all about opportunity and where he feels most comfortable.
He wants to play Tackle. I don't think anyone will hand him a LT position. We could hand him the RT position.
BuffaloRedleg (05-07-2015),Dr. Who (05-07-2015)
....Collins going undrafted was an unprecedented turn of events — one the NFL has “never seen,” ESPN reporter Adam Shefter said. But free agents have advantages that draftees do not.
They get to choose their team, and undrafted players reach free agency after three years, instead of four for draftees. They can also have their contracts restructured after two years, instead of three.
Collins will suffer a financial setback immediately. Undrafted free agents often are offered a signing bonus of less than $10,000 — a steep drop, even, from the $50,000-plus bonuses for seventh-round players. Also, undrafted rookies are restricted to making a maximum of $1.575 million in their first three years.
As a top 20 pick, Collins would have likely received a four-year contract worth more than $10 million with a signing bonus of more than $4 million....
http://theadvocate.com/sports/lsu/12...er-lsu-ol-lael
We can guarantee all his money, that might help.
Everybody's going to do that, this has nothing to do with money.
If he were drafted where he was projected, he was probably going to get $4 mil guaranteed. Every team is going to be willing to guarantee the kid $1.5 mil, especially since there's no money that would be owed on top of the guaranteed money.
Yes, of course. Every team will do that since it is so little.
Bo Jackson
Being drafted in the NFL isn't some kind of right. Teams can pass on players for whatever reason they want. They don't need to justify it. It's not like he's the first person to experience some bad luck and it cost him. And he'll still have an opportunity to play in the NFL and earn himself a big payday.
...Collins was in Dallas for a meeting with the Cowboys on Wednesday and Michael Cauble of WBRZ in Baton Rouge reports that the tackle will fly to Miami in the next 24 hours to speak to the Dolphins. That meeting comes after several Dolphins players, including former LSU teammates Jarvis Landry andAnthony Johnson, visited Collins in Louisiana to pitch him on coming aboard....
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...hins-in-miami/
I would say if we don't hear of Collins flying to Buffalo to meet the Bills or Florida to meet Pegula in the next few days, we are out of the running.
Last edited by Haile SpikedLemonade; 05-07-2015 at 11:39 AM.
Looks like it may be done...
Dallas Cowboys agree to terms with La'El Collins
The Dallas Cowboys continue to add big names to their offseason haul.
LSU offensive tackle La'el Collins has agreed to sign as an undrafted free agent, according to a source. The move continues an offseason trend of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones adding players that have been in the news: Greg Hardy, Randy Gregory, and now Collins....
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...h-lael-collins
Last edited by Haile SpikedLemonade; 05-07-2015 at 11:44 AM.
Albert Breer @AlbertBreer 4m4 minutes ago
Per source, La'el Collins' 3-year deal is worth about $1.7 million. It's fully guaranteed, which is believed to be unprecedented for a UDFA.
He's flying to Miami now to meet with the fins. I don't believe anything until he actually signs on the 9th.
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