Malazan

Thanks for clearing that up. I had no idea there was a thread on the topic.

If a team is willing to let a 'talent' go, the question 'Why?' and if they are willing to let him go for 'not too much' the question is 'What wrong with him?'

He's obviously trolling. Looks like he's caught a few already.

Apparently, no one told Wes Welker...or the countless other players that have taken the money. I feel like the numbers would support my view that player will almost always take the contract that offers them better financial compensation. As fans, I understand we feel a strong pull to believe otherwise.

I think it could be a good combination, but shouldn't half of the combo call a single play for the team before being dubbed the best ever?

Except...they're not. Look at the pissy fit they are throwing now because they didn't get control in the last CBA. Desmith went for the highest $$$ ignoring a number of other issues. Now they are throwing their own players who were targets of bounties and the guys who gave the league information on it under the bus to try get more control.

Not really that interesting. Gailey is known for tailoring his scheme to the players he has..

I'm not sure why you think I disagree with you. The implication int he article was that teams (ie the organization, The NFL) is cheating these players out of money. It's not their responsibility.

Reality doesn't agree with you. A couple million changes a lot of what players think about an organization.

The NFLPA gave this away in order to get other benefits. The person who should have cared when he had the chance was Demaurice Smith

Winning, good organization, etc are all secondary to $$$

I voted no, because Drew Brees is not available for trade. I don't vote yes on forum wet dreams. That means you would have to offer an insane amount to get them interested. It's doubtful, with them not being interested, you're looking at giving up four 1sts+ to get them talking. That's with no guarantees. He's a great QB, but you're never assured of success from any individual player. You need to build a team. In addition, I am always against trading for players who are pushing for the money. Keep in mind, he is looking for a long term deal in the 18million a year range. He is an obviously a talent, but is he looking for another ring or another paycheck?

The last thing Demaurice Smith cares about is players.

Demaurice Smith wants names of who talked to the NFL.

I believe this is an attempt to uncover further information (ie names of the people who provided the information that they don't currently know and the league is not revealing). My feeling is that this is part of a strategy by the NFLPA to get this information.

He has the NFLPA's pockets. DeMaurice Smith is behind this lawsuit. So it's ok to spend all the other's players money to defend a guy who put money on hurting them.

I'd bet Smith and the NFLPA are behind this. Also, defamation? That's quite the burden to prove. This is an end run around the NFL not publicly releasing the evidence. Smith is still throwing a tantrum to get people to notice him.

No free agent is signing up because the Bills were on Hard Knocks once.

Does Vilma have brain damage? Although, this has Demaurice Smith written all over it.

This makes me think of:

Excellent. Nice that he exceeded the specs for the rolly thing too. Gotta read those instructions!

I think Gailey's take is good. Along the lines of, he hasn't been pushed that much so far. Good signs though.

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To be fair, they usually are..what's he supposed to say? Yeah, in three days I got to know each of the 40 or so player personally and understand what their full strengths, weaknesses, and potential are going to be?

I wonder if he can name all his kids.