Rolando McClain Contract Question

[garyv]

Just curious what you guys think about McClains 1 yr 700,000 deal if he goes on and has the type of season hes fully capable of....since he would be an unrestricted Free Agent would we:

1) Let him possibly walk with Lee coming back
2) Try to resign him before Free Agency
3) Use the Franchise Tag which I have no idea what that would cost

Opinions please....I was thinking we may have actually found our MLB for the next 7 or 8 years
but very concerned with the 1 yr deal he is playing on currently !!!

 

[Future]

I'd probably go with option 2, but there is a lot of time between now and then.

Hopefully he understands that his track record will make it hard on a team who wants to lock him up long term, and not be looking to break the bank.

 

[Bowdown27]

Honestly I would do 2-3. If he makes that big of an impact and we make the playoffs and win a game or two. He's the reason our defense has changed.

 

[jimmy40]

Love this guy but damn, does he really want to play?

 

[dbonham]

See if he stays a model citizen the rest of the year and then try to sign him.

Just a couple of years ago he was tied up in some very violent legal issues. Maybe keep him away from Montgomery

 

[CCBoy]

Just curious what you guys think about McClains 1 yr 700,000 deal if he goes on and has the type of season hes fully capable of....since he would be an unrestricted Free Agent would we:

1) Let him possibly walk with Lee coming back
2) Try to resign him before Free Agency
3) Use the Franchise Tag which I have no idea what that would cost

Opinions please....I was thinking we may have actually found our MLB for the next 7 or 8 years
but very concerned with the 1 yr deal he is playing on currently !!!

Linebacker: $11.455 million (linebacker franchise tag for 2014)

If he resigns with Dallas, it will be for considerably less...my guess, 3 years, and then the big contract consideration.

 

[Doomsday101]

Good thing Jerry Jones made an off-season phone call to McClain, motivating the middle linebacker to come out of retirement.
“I’m thrilled he did give me a call,” McClain said Sunday. “There weren’t many teams that I would have left the couch for, and this is one of them, and I’m glad that he did.”

http://cowboysblog.***BANNED-URL***...-few-teams-i-wouldve-left-the-couch-for.html/

Hopefully he feels the same once they sit down to talk contract.

 

[conner01]

mcclain is where he needs to be to get his career back on track and i think he realizes that. i think we sign him and move lee outside. that would fit lee well because he is so good in coverage and may take some wear off of him. i think we can get mcclain on a team friemdly deal with protection in case he decides to retire again. to me this is a no brainer for him. this is the place he can get his career back on track but sometimes guys see those dollarsand nott he big picture. in most cases i can't blame a guy for chasing the money but this case is different. and i think he knows he is in a good spot for him

 

[Hoofbite]

The team should pay him year-to-year, 2 years at the max, with minimal amounts guaranteed.

 

[DiResta]

whatever he signs I hope it is incentive heavy with the if you quit you get nada thrown in

 

[CowboyGil]

Sean Who??

 

[perrykemp]

Sean Who??

This makes me sad.

 

[pacboyX]

Love this guy but damn, does he really want to play?

I mean in his interview he was talking about how he needed the time away to prioritize and straigten up his life. I feel like he likes this team and the team likes him. What a great steal for...a 4th round pick?

 

[visionary]

Sean Who??

Sorry , McClain is doing well right now but if Sean could stay healthy I would his intelligence and "want to" over mcclain's athleticism

 

[CowboyGil]

This makes me sad.

I know no one is more frustrated than he is about him missing time again. It maybe a blessing in disguise if RoMc can keep his head right.Get Well, Mr. Lee.

 

[LandryFan]

I mean in his interview he was talking about how he needed the time away to prioritize and straigten up his life. I feel like he likes this team and the team likes him. What a great steal for...a 4th round pick?

If he plays 50% of the snaps this year, we give Baltimore our 6th and receive their 7th. So we basically got him for moving a few spots down, in all likelihood.

 

[pacboyX]

If he plays 50% of the snaps this year, we give Baltimore our 6th and receive their 7th. So we basically got him for moving a few spots down, in all likelihood.

Is that as high as the pick goes? As I see it now hes gonna be playing more than that.

 

[LandryFan]

Sorry , McClain is doing well right now but if Sean could stay healthy I would his intelligence and "want to" over mcclain's athleticism

If McClain deeps his head on straight, I think Jerry/JG can find a spot on the field for both of them!

 

[LandryFan]

Is that as high as the pick goes? As I see it now hes gonna be playing more than that.

Yes, that's the absolute most we would have to give up. That's what you call an extremely low risk deal.

 

[LandryFan]

The team should pay him year-to-year, 2 years at the max, with minimal amounts guaranteed.

McClain is only 25, so a two year deal would still enable him to get the big payday at the end of the two years with good, consistent play. I have a feeling that's how it will go, given that he completes this year with at least solid play.