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Quote of the Week III
"It's so evident that ever since I left, nothing's been going right there. I'm not saying I'm the sole reason, but when I was there, we were very successful.''
-- Dallas wide receiver Terrell Owens, on the post-Owens Eagles, appearing on radio station 790 The Ticket in Miami.
Three comments:
1. Insert "distracted'' for "successful,'' and T.O. would be right.
2. No athlete embodies the ugly moniker of "It's all about him'' more than Terrell Owens.
3. In the Eagles' 26 games since Owens left, their record is 14-12. In the last 26 games Owens was under contract in Philadelphia (including the nine that he was suspended for insubordination), the Eagles were 13-13. That's certainly not the fairest stat, because of the half-season he missed after picking fights with Andy Reid and Donovan McNabb that forced Reid to kick him off the team. But here's why I include it: Part of the reason the Eagles went down the tubes in 2005 was because of the ridiculously self-centered crap Owens pulled in training camp. So if he's going to take credit for being a big reason why the Eagles got to the Super Bowl in 2004, he's also got to take a good deal of the blame for the games they lost with and without him in 2005.
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Stat of the Week
I've read in some quarters that Tony Romo's contract is not a fair deal for Romo, and he got shortchanged. That is beyond absurd. It is absurd poppycock. The deal is more than fair to Romo, and it's also a good deal for Dallas. It's a classic win-win contract.
I called Dallas owner Jerry Jones this week to talk about the Romo deal. "Did you use any current contract as a guide to making this deal?'' I wondered.
"Well,'' he said, "Bulger's.''
Almost four months ago, St. Louis Rams signed Marc Bulger to a six-year, $65 million contract extension. Last week, just six days before the deadline to apply a new contract to the 2007 cap season (and to take advantage of the fact that the Cowboys were $13 million under the cap), Jones signed Romo to a six-year, $67 million extension. Let's analyze whether the deal was fair to both sides.
Here's the data each team had to use entering into its extension -- 60 starts for Bulger entering the 2007 season, and 17 starts for Romo, through Dallas' first seven regular-season games this year:
"We thought [the Bulger deal] was a fair guide for Tony's contract, especially after seeing him grow as a player so far this year," Jones said.
More than fair, if you ask me. And done just in time so Dallas could take $6.5 million in guarantees this year and apply that toward the 2007 cap. Now Romo will count an average of only $9.5 million against the Dallas cap from 2008 through 2013. To have your quarterback count 8 percent or less toward your cap, and be signed until he's 34 ... that's a pretty good deal in today's NFL.
Comparing the Romo and Bulger deals side by side, with "m'' standing for "million,'' what's remarkable is that not only did the Cowboys use the Bulger contract as a guide -- it's almost as though the year-by-year salaries were copied, with the only difference being a reversal of the 2008 and 2009 base pay figures.
* Each player had existing 2007 seasons on their contracts. Bulger's extra pay is a $1.55 million roster bonus. Romo had $4.5 million added to his 2007 salary, bringing his salary this season to $6 million.
"It's so evident that ever since I left, nothing's been going right there. I'm not saying I'm the sole reason, but when I was there, we were very successful.''
-- Dallas wide receiver Terrell Owens, on the post-Owens Eagles, appearing on radio station 790 The Ticket in Miami.
Three comments:
1. Insert "distracted'' for "successful,'' and T.O. would be right.
2. No athlete embodies the ugly moniker of "It's all about him'' more than Terrell Owens.
3. In the Eagles' 26 games since Owens left, their record is 14-12. In the last 26 games Owens was under contract in Philadelphia (including the nine that he was suspended for insubordination), the Eagles were 13-13. That's certainly not the fairest stat, because of the half-season he missed after picking fights with Andy Reid and Donovan McNabb that forced Reid to kick him off the team. But here's why I include it: Part of the reason the Eagles went down the tubes in 2005 was because of the ridiculously self-centered crap Owens pulled in training camp. So if he's going to take credit for being a big reason why the Eagles got to the Super Bowl in 2004, he's also got to take a good deal of the blame for the games they lost with and without him in 2005.
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Stat of the Week
I've read in some quarters that Tony Romo's contract is not a fair deal for Romo, and he got shortchanged. That is beyond absurd. It is absurd poppycock. The deal is more than fair to Romo, and it's also a good deal for Dallas. It's a classic win-win contract.
I called Dallas owner Jerry Jones this week to talk about the Romo deal. "Did you use any current contract as a guide to making this deal?'' I wondered.
"Well,'' he said, "Bulger's.''
Almost four months ago, St. Louis Rams signed Marc Bulger to a six-year, $65 million contract extension. Last week, just six days before the deadline to apply a new contract to the 2007 cap season (and to take advantage of the fact that the Cowboys were $13 million under the cap), Jones signed Romo to a six-year, $67 million extension. Let's analyze whether the deal was fair to both sides.
Here's the data each team had to use entering into its extension -- 60 starts for Bulger entering the 2007 season, and 17 starts for Romo, through Dallas' first seven regular-season games this year:
Code:
QB G W-L Pct. Comp.% TD Int. Rating
Bulger 60 36-24 .600 .644 95 59 91.3
Romo 17 12-5 .706 .642 35 22 95.6More than fair, if you ask me. And done just in time so Dallas could take $6.5 million in guarantees this year and apply that toward the 2007 cap. Now Romo will count an average of only $9.5 million against the Dallas cap from 2008 through 2013. To have your quarterback count 8 percent or less toward your cap, and be signed until he's 34 ... that's a pretty good deal in today's NFL.
Comparing the Romo and Bulger deals side by side, with "m'' standing for "million,'' what's remarkable is that not only did the Cowboys use the Bulger contract as a guide -- it's almost as though the year-by-year salaries were copied, with the only difference being a reversal of the 2008 and 2009 base pay figures.
Code:
[FONT=Courier New]Quarterback Bulger Romo
Signing bonus $12m $11.5m
Extra 2006 pay* $1.55m $4m
2008 $7m (guaranteed) $6.5m (guaranteed)
2009 $6.5m ($3m guaranteed) $7m ($6m guaranteed)
2010 $8.5m $8.5m
2011 $9m $9m
2012 $9m $9m
2013 $11.5m $11.5m[/FONT]
