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Cuts: WR Sean Bailey, CB Chad Johnson, OT Joe Lobdell, LB Mickey Pimentel and QB Ricky Santos. We had previously reported only Bailey and Santos were gone.
When you hear the name Santos, does anyone else think of that Simpson's episode where Bart got a credit card in his dog's name? Santos L. Halper was the name on the card.A $2 million signing bonus on a five-year contract, for example, while paid in the first year, would only count $400,000 against the Rookie Pool as the full amount is spread out over the term of the contract for cap purposes. Another method to guarantee money to players is through option bonuses which allow for a club to extend the length of a player’s contract upon payment of a bonus. Clubs typically exercise this right to extend in the second year of a player’s contract and therefore the bonus paid has no effect on the first-year Rookie Pool. In 2007, 28 of the 32 first-rounders received an option bonus.The rookie pool is yet another obstacle that draft picks have to negotiate around, no doubt contributing to longer negotiations.
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Santos L. Halper
I can’t hear the name Joe Flacco without thinking of Shane Falco aka Keanu Reeves QB on the movie The Replacements. Everytime they said Flacco’s name during the draft I would immediately yell Shane Falco to the delite of my fellow draft party patrons. Speaking of Flacco, get that kid some tweezers or some wax or something, you should have 2 eyebrows not one buddy.
Rohnie Sykes—-We’re gonna make darn sure we have a blocking tight end this year. How many guys are competing for that job??? 3 or 4 at least. Plus if you want to carry Michael Allen as a back-up receiving tight end…..
letral - May 8, 2008
Shane Falco...or Brodie Croyle???
Chris Thorman - May 8, 2008
HAHAHAHAHA
Hilarious!
letral - May 8, 2008
Whoa!
sir eccles - May 8, 2008
It's 3rd and short
and the Chiefs are in their 4 tight end set again….Cottam,Merritt,Sykes, and Gonzalez all lined up on the right side…...Croyle with the snap…turns and pitches to Charles on the sweep…..Charles runs by his wall of blocking tight ends and breaks free for a 67 yard touchdown!!!! Touchdown…...Kaaaaaansas City…......Touchdown!!!!!!!!!
letral - May 8, 2008
4 tight ends are better...
I’d rather have the 4 tight ends than the 9 million DE’s that Arizona has. They picked up like 8 in the draft (and they only had 7 picks), plus the ones on their roster. On a side note, isn’t it weird that Arizona was the only team to not trade away or trade for any other picks? They had 1 each round, and they were all their own picks…. strange…
EyePod - May 8, 2008
There were something like 220 selections in the draft
and exactly half were from trades.
Joel Thorman - May 8, 2008
D.J. Hackett
The article wasn’t bagging on D.J. Hackett for not being good, they were saying that he’s not an attention-seeker and he’s fine with being the number 2 WR on the team…and considering that the number 1 WR is Steve Smith, that’s not really a slight on Hackett’s ability or his desire. The article actually said that they thought Hackett would be popular with Panther fans by the end of the year.
UCrawford - May 8, 2008
Good point
I re-read it and you are correct.
Is this off-season killing anyone else? There is nothing going on.
Chris Thorman - May 8, 2008
Simpsons
I had to give you props for Santos L. Halper. That has put a grin on my face all day.
Ochophosphate - May 8, 2008
Defensive Swagger (Ash article)
Like the perspective that Dorsey, Flowers and Morgan will all bring an energy (swagger) to the defense. I’m a fan of sportsmanship and don’t like seeing me-first attention. Yet, doesn’t a defense (especially) need to be fired up? To be on their toes and feel like whatever the opponents do on the next play, it will be obliterated? Allen had a little of that calf-ropin’ fire. And I don’t mean this as a knock on the quiet -get-it-done approach of Hali and DJ, but they are not the in-your-face types that celebrate a great stop, with the idea it’s going to happen on the next play, too. But by a teammate. I thought the defense actually had quite a few reasons to celebrate last year. They did a pretty good job considering the number of times they were put in tough spots.
So here’s to a little more team-oriented swagger/confidence/fire by the D next year! Hopefully Donnie Edwards will “allow” and funnel it in the right direction. Then I can easily see Page, Pollard, Tank and Turk all joining in.
sunny D - May 8, 2008
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