Report: Rookie Wage Scale Agreed To

[MTK]

Report: Global settlement is possible today | ProFootballTalk

[skinsfaninok]

I just heard Sam Bradford laughing at Andrew Luck from OKC..

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

I just heard Sam Bradford laughing at Andrew Luck from OKC..

How dare you talk about our future QB, you know the franchise savior who we will get after going 0-16 this season! [/sarcasm]

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

How dare you talk about our future QB, you know the franchise savior who we will get after going 0-16 this season! [/sarcasm]

Don't you mean 0-18? [/not sarcasm but super serious]

[CultBrennan59]

so..what else needs to be done?

[SmootSmack]

Talks pretty much done for today, Smith and Goodell to meet in the morning

[SmootSmack]

Players' secret fund could have sparked NFL lockout talks - Jim Trotter - SI.com

[MTK]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Players' secret*fund*could have sparked NFL lockout talks - Jim Trotter - SI.com

Slick move by D. Smith

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Players' secret*fund*could have sparked NFL lockout talks - Jim Trotter - SI.com

So both sides had a lockout insurance plan. Smart and/or scary.

[Alvin Walton]

As much as I think D. Smith is a pompous ambulance chaser I hope this kinda thing gets me some FA happs next week.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Alvin Walton

As much as I think D. Smith is a pompous ambulance chaser I hope this kinda thing gets me some FA happs next week.

Say what you want, if both sides get a deal they can live with and none of the season is lost, D. Smith has definitely been doing something right.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Alvin Walton

As much as I think D. Smith is a pompous ambulance chaser I hope this kinda thing gets me some FA happs next week.

I've actually met and spoken with De Smith on a few different occasions. Pompous he is not. He's actually a really laid back dude who's very unpretentious and quite conversational.

[sportscurmudgeon]

Originally Posted by GMScud

I've actually met and spoken with De Smith on a few different occasions. Pompous he is not. He's actually a really laid back dude who's very unpretentious and quite conversational.

Amen to that!

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by GMScud

I've actually met and spoken with De Smith on a few different occasions. Pompous he is not. He's actually a really laid back dude who's very unpretentious and quite conversational.

You are mistaken. He's the sole reason this lockout exists. He's the sole reason a deal hasn't been done yet. He's the sole reason the owners refused to negotiate over the past two years. He's the sole reason the US economy is in the toilet. He's the sole reason 9/11 happened. He's the sole reason Casey Anthony was acquitted. He's the.....ah **** it, I can't even say this shit with a straight face. Amazing how many idiots have been bashing this guy and making him the evil villian in this whole ordeal. He's done exactly what the players paid him to do.

[sportscurmudgeon]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

You are mistaken. He's the sole reason this lockout exists. He's the sole reason a deal hasn't been done yet. He's the sole reason the owners refused to negotiate over the past two years. He's the sole reason the US economy is in the toilet. He's the sole reason 9/11 happened. He's the sole reason Casey Anthony was acquitted. He's the.....ah **** it, I can't even say this shit with a straight face. Amazing how many idiots have been bashing this guy and making him the evil villian in this whole ordeal. He's done exactly what the players paid him to do.

Gotta disagree here. It takes two sides to forge a deal - - not one.

Neither side is "the sole reason" we do not have a deal yet.

Both sides have used intransignece and public posturing to try to get an upper hand in these negoiations.

Make no mistake; when the deal is finally done, you will be able to look at the final product and ask:

So how come they couldn't have gotten this done 4 months ago?

There will be nothing in the final deal that was "an impossibility" back in May 2011.

Nevertheless, the fault here lies at the feet of folks on BOTH sides of the table...