Santana Moss at $5+ Million Per Season?

Sheriff Gonna Getcha · 03-23-2005, 02:34 AM

The Washington Post reports the following:

According to sources familiar with Moss's extension negotiations, the former Jet will receive a multiyear contract averaging more than $5 million annually, plus guarantees of more than $10 million. Moss is scheduled to make about $450,00 this season. Last week, Moss's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, declined to comment until negotiations are complete. . . .

I wonder, how in the world did Santana Moss, guy slated to be the Jets’ number three wideout this season, manage to get a contract worth in excess of $5 million per season? Peerless Price and Laveranues Coles got seven year contracts worth $5 million per season in 2003. Santana Moss has NEVER produced the kind of numbers Price and Coles put up for the Bills and Jets respectively.

After thinking long and hard about the decision to let Smoot and Pierce go during free agency, I came to accept the front office’s decision to let them go. We need to show some restraint in free agency (even when dealing with Redskins like Pierce and Smoot). It’s painful to watch guys like Smoot go to another team, but the salary cap forces us to lose key personnel. So, as much as I hated to see them leave the team, I can understand why the front office didn’t give big contract extensions to Smoot and Pierce.

HOWEVER, I cannot for the life of me understand why we let guys like Smoot and Pierce go to other teams in the name of preserving our cap situation, while signing Santana Moss to a monster deal. We can’t say we’re going cap-conservative and then shoot our cap load on a player like Santana Moss.

I have no doubt that Santana Moss has the potential to become a very solid wideout, but thus far he has been anything but solid. He has produced one, count ‘em, one good season. And that one, single, solitary season doesn’t justify giving him a contract that is purportedly going to be worth more than what Torry Holt got from the Rams.

Maybe Gibbs should stick to his forte (coaching), and the ‘Skins should get a real GM.

03-23-2005, 02:34 AM	#1
Sheriff Gonna Getcha Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2004 Age: 45 Posts: 8,317	Santana Moss at $5+ Million Per Season? The Washington Post reports the following: According to sources familiar with Moss's extension negotiations, the former Jet will receive a multiyear contract averaging more than $5 million annually, plus guarantees of more than $10 million. Moss is scheduled to make about $450,00 this season. Last week, Moss's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, declined to comment until negotiations are complete. . . . I wonder, how in the world did Santana Moss, guy slated to be the Jets’ number three wideout this season, manage to get a contract worth in excess of $5 million per season? Peerless Price and Laveranues Coles got seven year contracts worth $5 million per season in 2003. Santana Moss has NEVER produced the kind of numbers Price and Coles put up for the Bills and Jets respectively. After thinking long and hard about the decision to let Smoot and Pierce go during free agency, I came to accept the front office’s decision to let them go. We need to show some restraint in free agency (even when dealing with Redskins like Pierce and Smoot). It’s painful to watch guys like Smoot go to another team, but the salary cap forces us to lose key personnel. So, as much as I hated to see them leave the team, I can understand why the front office didn’t give big contract extensions to Smoot and Pierce. HOWEVER, I cannot for the life of me understand why we let guys like Smoot and Pierce go to other teams in the name of preserving our cap situation, while signing Santana Moss to a monster deal. We can’t say we’re going cap-conservative and then shoot our cap load on a player like Santana Moss. I have no doubt that Santana Moss has the potential to become a very solid wideout, but thus far he has been anything but solid. He has produced one, count ‘em, one good season. And that one, single, solitary season doesn’t justify giving him a contract that is purportedly going to be worth more than what Torry Holt got from the Rams. Maybe Gibbs should stick to his forte (coaching), and the ‘Skins should get a real GM.

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