Colts franchise Freeney **Merged**

[fortdick]

Just announced on ESPN


WooHoo, I got one in first! Do I get a cookie?

 

[smarta5150]

Announced on NFL Live.

 

[Cochese]

Gee..diddnt see this coming.

 

[Hostile]

There will be some here who are shocked.

I find that hilarious.

 

[Hostile]

Gee..diddnt see this coming.

Geez, pay attention then.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Just announced on ESPN


WooHoo, I got one in first! Do I get a cookie?

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[smarta5150]

Gee..diddnt see this coming.

Many thought we were gonna get him :laugh2:

 

[theogt]

Just announced on ESPN


WooHoo, I got one in first! Do I get a cookie?

Didn't they promise him they wouldn't do it again this year? Seriously, why don't they just work out a contract extension? Makes no sense.

 

[sjordan6]

Just announced on ESPN


WooHoo, I got one in first! Do I get a cookie?

Good for you little camper! Now I hope it will stop all the Freeny to Cowboys talk and allow us to focus on realistic issues instead of pipe dreams. I actually hope the Raven tag LB Thomas so we can kill those rumors as well. Now if the Chargers tag Deilman then I would be worried. And since the Bengals have already used their tag on Justin Smith then I can still hope on Steinbach.

I am also tired of these players whining about being tagged. While I understand it limits the signing bonus money up front you would receive it does give the owners the right to their best player. I do think it should only be used on a player for one season and if a team can't sign ihim in that year then that player should have a right to be unrestricted. Orlando Pace is an example of how ugly it can get by being tagged for two seasons straight and Seattle did the same thing to OL Jones where he would hold out until the start of the season and play for the "tagged" money. Both eventually signed long term deals but I think it was unfair to the player to handcuff them every season they were free agents. But I understand that it gives the player the most leverage because he could simply demand an out of space contract and the team would be force to let there best player go. I guess it can all be perfect.

King wrote a great article today in MMQ where he also agrees that the system has worked for 14 years so quit whining about making an average of the top 5 players at your position! The only problem this season is the franchise tag is less than market value for the players. For example, CB Samuel of the Patriots is tagged so he will make about $7.7 million this season. But as a free agent, who could easily command about a $16-$18 million signing bonus and still average about $7 million a season. So the Patriots are actually getting a bargain in tagging him.

There is no way that the Colts can sign Freeny. He is looking for a bonus of about $20 million and about $8 million per season. The Colts have only about $1 million in cap space. So although they have franchise him, they will have to do some serious restructing to Mannings contract to get this deal done!

 

[silverbear]

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All the posts I've made to this board, and I've never gotten a cookie...

I guess we know who doesn't rate around here... ah well, good thing I'm a diabetic...

 

[Hostile]

All the posts I've made to this board, and I've never gotten a cookie...

I guess we know who doesn't rate around here... ah well, good thing I'm a diabetic...

You're a parrothead (jimmy Buffet fan for the uninformed). You want a cracker?

If you say yes can I call you Polly?

 

[AbeBeta]

There will be some here who are shocked.

I find that hilarious.

It is amazing. Especially when the tag may reflect a considerable bargain for Freeney.

 

[5Stars]

All the posts I've made to this board, and I've never gotten a cookie...

I guess we know who doesn't rate around here... ah well, good thing I'm a diabetic...

Bears don't eat cookies, unless they are sissy bears! A real bear will eat something bloody and nasty, then go find some berries to wash it down, then take a drink out of the river...

Bears eating cookies....


Better yet, let fortdick club a baby seal for you to eat...I hear he's good at that!

 

[smarta5150]

Yogi Bear stole picnic baskets.

 

[silverbear]

You're a parrothead (jimmy Buffet fan for the uninformed). You want a cracker?

If you say yes can I call you Polly?

Yes, and no...

 

[silverbear]

Bears don't eat cookies

What you talkin' 'bout, Willis??

A real bear will eat something bloody and nasty,

OK, how 'bout I rip off your leg, and munch on that??

What goes with leg, anyway, maybe a nice chianti??

Better yet, let fortdick club a baby seal for you to eat...I hear he's good at that!

It's always nice to have a marketable job skill...

 

[Hostile]

Yes, and no...

Damn. I had my hopes up.

 

[silverbear]

Yogi Bear stole picnic baskets.

You quit saying that, or I'm gonna have to sic the UDL (Ursine Defense League) on ya... you guys have simply GOT to stop perpetuating these negative stereotypes about bears...

We have the same attorney who represents the Geico caveman on retainer...

Bear power... bear power... bear power...

 

[5Stars]

What you talkin' 'bout, Willis??



OK, how 'bout I rip off your leg, and munch on that??

What goes with leg, anyway, maybe a nice chianti??



It's always nice to have a marketable job skill...

Which leg, right or left? One is a wooden leg...

(used to club bears)

 

[silverbear]

Damn. I had my hopes up.

I keep telling you, I'm smarter than the av-er-age bear...

You could at least have gotten me a RITZ cracker, not some dry ol' SALTINE...