Arrington, Woodson, Law Getting Restless

[oregon raider]

The common denominator in all this is the Postons.

Although another Poston client {Julian Peterson} got a nice contract.

Hopefully, this will damage the Poston's credibility with future clients.

[Der Schlange]

Adios Postons. Hopefully their dismal handling of this offseason will signal the end for them with other players.

[OrlandoRaiders]

I dont know if this has been posted but this cartoon about the Postons is hilarious.

http://football.about.com/gi/dynamic...egotiation.htm

[SilverHaze81]

Originally Posted by OrlandoRaiders

I dont know if this has been posted but this cartoon about the Postons is hilarious.

http://football.about.com/gi/dynamic...egotiation.htm

HAHA..f***ing Hilarious!!

[OrlandoRaiders]

"How you doin? How you doin?!"

[Twisted-Panther]

Originally Posted by MasterShake2388

if I were in the NFL, my agent wouldnt be a Poston

Bingo - but they made their beds and now they have to live with thier decisions.

I hope they can still put food on the table for thier families.

[dee_raid]

see were greed gets you and these agents are killing there own people off with that extortion type attitude ha man , just wild, anyway just win baby.

[Cowboi]

"no fruit basket?

[RaiderTinTN]

The reason they get these contracts is because they undercut the percentage by 2-7%. Soon they will be banned from the NFL. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine...9/b3901094.htm

[buckwild187]

This is no suprise. Orlando Pace was craving a long term deal from STL but never got it because the Poston bitches were asking for too much. When he fired them, literally about 2 days after that he got his deal. These guys are meatheads and honestly anyone of their clients is just as stupid for having their long-term finances in their hands. Didn't the Poston's turn down a MASSIVE contract offer for Woodson a couple years ago?

[Cowboi]

Wow.. hope the postons get banned soon

[marrow]

Originally Posted by buckwild187

This is no suprise. Orlando Pace was craving a long term deal from STL but never got it because the Poston bitches were asking for too much. When he fired them, literally about 2 days after that he got his deal. These guys are meatheads and honestly anyone of their clients is just as stupid for having their long-term finances in their hands. Didn't the Poston's turn down a MASSIVE contract offer for Woodson a couple years ago?

EXACTLY What I was gonna say. Hopefully Arrington will learn from this and sign with us cheap.

[cheapshotartist]

Originally Posted by Napo

ARRINGTON, WOODSON, LAW GETTING RESTLESS

A league source tells us that the three biggest remaining names in free agency -- linebacker LaVar Arrington, cornerback Charles Woodson, and cornerback Ty Law -- are all getting restless regarding their protracted stays on the shopping market shelf.

And each player is represented by Carl and Kevin Poston.

The thinking in league circles, as we've previously explained, is that the Postons aimed too high with their contract demands in the weeks prior to the launch of free agency, when teams compile their list of early targets by, in part, figuring out which players' expectations are reasonable.

Regardless of how each of these three players got to where they are, the reality is that none of them have signed -- and the really big money has long since dried up.

The most disappointed of the three has to be Arrington, who gave up $4.4 million in deferred bonus money in become a free agent in March. He otherwise would have hit the market in July, prior to the trigger date for a $6.5 million roster bonus. But because Arrington didn't sign in the early days of free agency, he's not going to get much more now than he would have gotten if he'd become available in July.

And he surely won't get an extra $4.4 million now.

So why in the hell didn't the Postons know before letting Arrington give up the money whether and to what extent he'd replace the money? Absent clear evidence that Arrington would have made a lot more not long after letting $4.4 million get away, the Postons never should have allowed him to make that swap -- especially at a time when Carl Poston already is in hot water with the NFLPA for not reading the final draft of Arrington's December 2003 contract extension.

The reality here is that each of these guys would have gotten a lot more money than they now will, if only they'd been ready to get the best offer on the table in the first few days of free agency, and to pounce on it. Instead, they'll now have to choose between taking less money than they wanted, or to sign a phony long-term deal that looks good in the newspaper but that is, in essence, a one-year contract.

You reap what you sow.

[bry53]

Originally Posted by Banter

The NFL has a compensatory draft pick program that awards a total of 32 draft picks every year to teams that suffer a net loss in free agency for the prior year. Right now we haven't signed any free agents that count as a gain but we've lost one in Renaldo Hill. Hill's deal averages $2M a year so that would net us a 6th rounder next year. If we lose Woodson we would be in line for another comp pick. Depending on the average value of his deal it could range from a 3rd to a 7th. So bigger deal - better comp pick - provided we don't sign somebody that would cancel the pick out. In 2004 we lost Rod Coleman and would have gotten a 4th round comp pick last year but we then signed Warren Sapp and that cancelled out the loss of Coleman.

so if we sign another FA then we lose the comp pick for c-wood?

[G-MoNeY]

Originally Posted by MasterShake2388

Good, get them outta here! hopefully these 3 will fire there agents and realise they are killing there careers even more then they are almost.

yea thats very true.