It's one of those things that's good for San Diego, good for Eli, a win all around. |
Last year we had (University of Utah quarterback) Alex Smith at the first pick (by San Francisco). It was a $24 million guarantee and he was averaging $8.5 million a year. |
New Orleans was very comfortable with the risk-reward, based on his rehabilitation from the injury. Miami didn't have that same level of comfort, so New Orleans made a lot of sense for us. |
Only about one-third of the clubs could have participated in a meaningful way in free agency but now you now have a cap of around $102 million that lets about three-quarters of the teams be part of the process. |
Only about one-third of the clubs could have participated in a meaningful way in free agency, but now you now have a cap of around $104 million (the actual figure is $102 million) that lets about three-quarters of the teams be part of the process. |
Simeon's got a huge cap number [$9.2 million], so people just assume somebody's going to try to do something with him. But I don't know anything about a trade. |
The number in the first four years has basically been the same since 1998. Four years, $24, $25 million. So I assume they'd be very happy to keep that number there. The fifth and sixth years of a contract at that level are what would normally correspond to with a guy's free-agency contract. So that's why I don't think it's very unreasonable for the numbers to jump up then. |
There's not been any contact with them at all since the offer sheet was signed. |
There's nothing yet. We'll just have to wait and see what Dr. Andrews says after he gets a look at it. |
They basically informed us at breakfast this morning that we were hired. Obviously, we're excited about the opportunity. |
Those are the two teams we have scheduled so far. |
We came within an eyelash of losing the whole crop last spring but we are sitting better right now, |
We'd like to think something will happen expeditiously. The economics are certainly a consideration, but there's a lot of other things that go into this, too — like where he can have long-term success. |
We're going to be like kids trying out a new toy. |
You want to be safe. And $2 million from San Diego certainly didn't make you feel safe. |