Official Redskins Free Agency Thread 2013

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Alvin Walton

Who?
Some Cardinal guy?
The team that has no QB and little else?
Enjoy finishing your career in obscurity.

Yep. Zo is a classic case where you can't blame the guy for taking the money but in some ways his new gig is a demotion.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by Lotus

Yep. Zo is a classic case where you can't blame the guy for taking the money but in some ways his new gig is a demotion.

How is it a demotion? He's a starter there.

[Alvin Walton]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

How is it a demotion? He's a starter there.

He's going to compete for a starter position.
And the Cardinals are in quarterback hell.
They will be a basement team for a while....

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by Alvin Walton

He's going to compete for a starter position.
And the Cardinals are in quarterback hell.
They will be a basement team for a while....

"Compete." I missed that key word. He probably would have had that same opportunity here if Fletch had retired. I would have rather kept Zo for 3 more years than Fletch for 1.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

How is it a demotion? He's a starter there.

Of course you are correct that he becomes a starter there. Good for him. But he will join a crappy team edition of a franchise that already typically is off-the-radar, meaning he will have little national exposure. Instead of fighting for glory in a sexy NFL division, he'll slip into obscurity in NFL Siberia.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by Lotus

Of course you are correct that he becomes a starter there. Good for him. But he will join a crappy team edition of a franchise that already typically is off-the-radar, meaning he will have little national exposure. Instead of fighting for glory in a sexy NFL division, he'll slip into obscurity in NFL Siberia.

for an extra 1.6MM garaunteed, can you blame him? 1.6MM to a guy like Lorenzo is alot more than 1.6MM to someone like Peyton Manning.

Alexander Says Abruptly Lowered Contract Offer Changed His Mind « CBS DC

"I was ready to sign back with the Redskins on Monday night, but it wound up not being close at all,” Alexander said in an exclusive, in-person interview at the NFL Players Association meetings in the Bahamas where he’s representing Washington. “They were offering $2.6 [million guaranteed] with an overall contract of $7.5 million over three years. The next day, they called back and said they would only guarantee $1.4 [million] of that. Dropping more than a million dollars overnight without any reason, I couldn’t take that money out of my kids’ mouths. Based on everything I’ve done [for] this organization, doing everything the right way, it was just a bad way to treat me. I understand the business, but … it didn’t sit right at all with me.”

[Evilgrin]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

for an extra 1.6MM garaunteed, can you blame him? 1.6MM to a guy like Lorenzo is alot more than 1.6MM to someone like Peyton Manning.

Alexander Says Abruptly Lowered Contract Offer Changed His Mind « CBS DC

This had to do with who signed first.