Asante Samuel or Nate Clements???

[vaoutlaws2006]

either works for me. it would be an upgrade over what we had this past season.

[dmek25]

this is a bad comparison. Lavar was injured for most of the season. and last season Holdman probably made more base salary then McIntosh. and ask Steve Smith how good Fred Smoot is. something like 10 catches, for about 150 yards and 2 touchdowns. and i know how good Smith is, but i remember Mr Springs doing a pretty good job on him this last season

[Pocket$ $traight]

Originally Posted by dmek25

this is a bad comparison. Lavar was injured for most of the season. and last season Holdman probably made more base salary then McIntosh. and ask Steve Smith how good Fred Smoot is. something like 10 catches, for about 150 yards and 2 touchdowns. and i know how good Smith is, but i remember Mr Springs doing a pretty good job on him this last season

Smoot tried to cover him straight up. Smoot couldn't cover Ike Hilliard straight up I don't know why anyone would let him cover Smith 1 on 1. I am pretty sure that Springs had a lot of help. If Smith had Springs (or any corner) 1 on 1 the whole game you will see big production out of Smith.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

The fact that he SAYS he wants to be the highest paid player at the position makes me want him even less. Please be reasonable coaches, Hood or Smoot or draft.

[GTripp0012]

I think we will be willing to pay him more than anyone else will, most likely.

I don't have a problem with spending lavishly on ONE guy this offseason who has proven himself (although I'd prefer that you only spend lavishly on free agents whose progress you can statistically track [QB, RB, WR], it makes it safer). I do have a problem if we do it with 4 guys who haven't proven crap.

Clements would be a better signing then anyone we got last year, so I'm cool with giving him what he deserves. Not what he thinks he does, but no one is going to give him anywhere near that.

[GhettoDogAllStars]

I'm sick of all this "top-paid" player, BS. You don't deserve to be the top-paid player at your position, unless you are the best at your position -- Clements is not even in the top 3 at his position.

[Bill B]

Originally Posted by GhettoDogAllStars

I'm sick of all this "top-paid" player, BS. You don't deserve to be the top-paid player at your position, unless you are the best at your position -- Clements is not even in the top 3 at his position.

Ghetto - kind of makes you long for the days when we had Darrel Green. I remember seeing an article about Green and he said that he took less than what other teams offered him to resign with the Skins - in part because he loved being a Redskin and being part of the community. Not once did you hear Green say "I want to be the top paid player at my position". In my opinion Green was a top 3 corner in the NFL for a long part of his career.

[SmootSmack]

The problem is the union. If you don't ask for top dollar, your union buddies often can't ask for it either.

Then you have a situation like the Boston Bruins where Ray Borque wouldn't ask for more money, and then when some other player would ask for more money than Borque (just to keep up with the market) the front office would say "What, you think you're better Borque? You think you mean more to this franchise than he does?" It's no surprise he had to go to Colorado to win a title

[That Guy]

we knew he wanted champ bailey money last offseason.... nothing new there. he's not as good though.