Spiderweb Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 Isn't this the week that signings spike? Sure would be great to have all of our guys signed sealed and delivered by 7/30/05. Roscoe (I hate that name, but hopefuly he'll make me love it soon) needs to be in camp right from the beginning. If all early reports on him are accurate, he may be a nice situational weapon right out of the box. Love his shiftiness and speed. Hard to believe that we're just 5 days away from the bullets flying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyT Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 All eyes are on SanFran. Once Alex Smith is signed they will drop like dominos. Unless they're represented by Rosenhaus, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 Isn't this the week that signings spike? Sure would be great to have all of our guys signed sealed and delivered by 7/30/05. Roscoe (I hate that name, but hopefuly he'll make me love it soon) needs to be in camp right from the beginning. If all early reports on him are accurate, he may be a nice situational weapon right out of the box. Love his shiftiness and speed. Hard to believe that we're just 5 days away from the bullets flying. 389544[/snapback] I noted a couple of "name" signings (i.e. names that I recognized) the past few days - the highest was somebody's 2nd rounder. It does seem like there are considerably more unsigned than usual. Who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 I don't have the players in front of me, but I believe that players drafted a few spots before and after Parrish have signed. Hopefully Roscoe's agent will agree to terms(by the end of the week) somewhere between the players already signed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 All eyes are on SanFran. Once Alex Smith is signed they will drop like dominos. Unless they're represented by Rosenhaus, of course. 389549[/snapback] every agent is "afraid" of making a bad deal b/c their clients will leave them and sign w/ rosenhaus after one season. similarly, the GMs are "afraid" b/c if they do a good a job getting a deal done for the team, the player will hold out after one season for a renegotiation (after firing old agent and hiring rosenhaus). nice business the NFL has become, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartshan-83 Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 I think it's strange that not many of the mid-lower rounders have signed yet. Maybe I remember things wrong, but usually I thought it was just the 1st rounders and the occaisonal difficult 2nd that didnt get done before camp. I talked to my boy Justin yesterday and he hasn't signed and he flew up to NY today and starts on the 28th. He said he's not going to camp w/o a deal (obviously) but he didn't seem very concerned. And he was just a 3rd rd. pick. I guess it will work itself out this week for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramius Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 2 things are why the signings are taking so long... 1. All of the teams are waiting for Alex Smith to sign his deal, so they can measure up and use that as a starting point for "slotting" the contracts. No team wants to overpay a first rounder 2. Since theres no CBA extension, you can only amortize signing bonuses over 4 years now instead of 5. (or maybe its 5 instead of 6) Either way, teams have one less year to string out the money, so there big number contracts are taking some creative doing to get the deals finalized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 2 things are why the signings are taking so long... 1. All of the teams are waiting for Alex Smith to sign his deal, so they can measure up and use that as a starting point for "slotting" the contracts. No team wants to overpay a first rounder 2. Since theres no CBA extension, you can only amortize signing bonuses over 4 years now instead of 5. (or maybe its 5 instead of 6) Either way, teams have one less year to string out the money, so there big number contracts are taking some creative doing to get the deals finalized. 389612[/snapback] I think I read somewhere that it was 5 instead of 6...not sure. But as you say, it has an effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
envirojeff Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 I'm surprized that the flood hasent started yet? This is stupid!! Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 I'm surprized that the flood hasent started yet? This is stupid!! Jeff 389662[/snapback] All of the Pats draft picks have signed! Damnit TD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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