Billy Bullocks said:
your logic is amazing. Philly put the offer out, he didnt sign it, they just released him. Obviously he doesnt want a 1 year deal. The guy will definately be signed by friday. Bank on it. And it will be more than just a 1 year deal.
Explain why we would need Simon as well..I'm interested to hear it. We're already working hard to get Fergy and Glover out there enough since they are both good. 3-4 relies on 1 DT, so where do we need 3 starting quality ones. If this is 1993 and we have the chance, I say, do it, but this is salary cap era...
Whoa Cowboy...don't burst a blood vessel over a simple post.
He didn't sign his 1-year deal because he supposedly wanted a long-term deal. The problem is, Einstein, that because of the CBA (that's "C-O-L-L-E-C-T-I-V-E B-A-R-G-A-I-N-I-N-G A-G-R-E-E-M-E-N-T", in case you were wondering) once a player is issued a 1-year deal, his team CANNOT enter into long-term contract negotiations until the player signs the 1-year deal. From the player's perspective, once he signs the tender offer he has no guarantee that his team will begin long-term negotiations and therefore he is bound to his contract. Evidently Simon felt snubbed that Filthy would even tender him a 1-year deal, based on his past performance, and that it should have offered him a long-term deal from the get-go. His refusal to sign the deal placed him at the mercy of the iggles because they still had the Franchise tag on him, which they could continue to use against him by simply not releasing him earlier in the offseason when the big bucks of free agency were still flowing freely. Apparently, the Eagles tried to work out a trade with the Ravens but the deal fell through because Simon and the Ravens could not agree on a LONG-TERM deal.
If Simon could not reach agreement on a long-term deal with one of the marqee defensive teams in the NFL, what makes him think he can easily reach another deal with a
team of his choice? Which leads to my point - he may have to sign for cheaper money than he originally wanted. Which is ONE reason why I think the Cowboys may want to at least think about him.
A second reason the Cowboys may want to take a look-see at him is because Fergy's health is in question, Glover will be in the final year of his contract next year, which will make the DT position a position of need once again, and Leo Carson could easily be supplanted by Simon. We would have 3 solid DT's where we now only have 2. Heck, without Simon, the iggles are already 5 deep at DT. With Fergy's health in question, the only sure DT we have is Glover. At the beginning of training camp, DT was a position of strength. Now, apparently, it may be a position of weakness.
Thanks for the compliment on my "logic".
