Tim Lelito turns down Cowboys, likely to return to Saints
Tim Lelito appears likely to stay with the New Orleans Saints after he turned down an offer from the Dallas Cowboys.
Lelito, a former Grand Valley State NCAA Division II All-American, told New Orleans TV station WWL that his offer from the Cowboys likely would have cast him in a reserve role.
"You have to weigh your options and it's a gamble," he said. "So you can go somewhere else and be a backup for a couple years with less money or you can try to go into a one-year tender and do the best you can and hopefully come out with a little better contract after it."
The restricted free agent has a one-year, $1,67 million offer from the Saints, who have the option to match any offer he would receive. He has until April 22 to make a decision.
Last season he started 13 games at left guard for the Saints.
Cowboys tried to poach restricted free agent C/G Tim Lelito from the saints also.
I can't help but wonder if it was an either/or situation between the two players and whichever one took the deal first, got it.
Outstanding deal! The Cowboys got a versatile, young utility player at a bargain price. Kudos to the front office on this one!
As of the moment the Cowboys have $9.669 mil in salary cap space (per Spotrac).
For those waiting to call this a good signing or not until we got the numbers, you can now agree with us who said it was all along.
Anyone who thought Looney was getting big money or needed to see the numbers before agreeing that this was a solid signing just wanted to be different and complain and not give the front office their due.
For those waiting to call this a good signing or not until we got the numbers, you can now agree with us who said it was all along.