OTS: Packers & Bills Talking Deal For Marshawn Lynch

[bobblehead]

anyone catch the bit about Lynch wanting a new deal?? So, this guy was a 12th overall pick....got a damn good contract. Lost his starting gig. And now wants a new deal? WTF!!

[retailguy]

anyone catch the bit about Lynch wanting a new deal?? So, this guy was a 12th overall pick....got a damn good contract. Lost his starting gig. And now wants a new deal? WTF!!

There's a real message there, and it tells me enough to know that I don't want him. His ego is still much too big for a 1st round flop who's a 3rd string RB on the worst team in the NFL...

Think about that.

[gbgary]

anyone catch the bit about Lynch wanting a new deal?? So, this guy was a 12th overall pick....got a damn good contract. Lost his starting gig. And now wants a new deal? WTF!!

that's just his agent talking i bet (if true at all).

[cheesner]

RUMOR:

n.

A piece of unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth.
Unverified information received from another; hearsay.

MADE UP SHIT:

n.

Packer information that is invented and that some dumb asses on the internet actually believe and repeat as if there was any merit or shred of credibility.

[mission]

anyone catch the bit about Lynch wanting a new deal?? So, this guy was a 12th overall pick....got a damn good contract. Lost his starting gig. And now wants a new deal? WTF!!

he got all his money up front. he makes like 850k this year and 1.1mil next. can't blame a RB from trying to get paid. they dont have very many years.

[cheesner]

anyone catch the bit about Lynch wanting a new deal?? So, this guy was a 12th overall pick....got a damn good contract. Lost his starting gig. And now wants a new deal? WTF!!

he got all his money up front. he makes like 850k this year and 1.1mil next. can't blame a RB from trying to get paid. they dont have very many years.

Yes, I can blame him. As you state, he got his money, now he must live up to his end of the agreement. When you buy a car, the bank doesn't threaten to take it back a month after you put 20% down because, 'its worth more than your monthly payment'. Al Haynesworth got $42M in the first 2 years of his contract. His base salary is now pretty small. Should he hold out now because he should be making about $10M per year but is probably getting less than half? Should he ignore the $42M from the last 14 months?

[mission]

anyone catch the bit about Lynch wanting a new deal?? So, this guy was a 12th overall pick....got a damn good contract. Lost his starting gig. And now wants a new deal? WTF!!

he got all his money up front. he makes like 850k this year and 1.1mil next. can't blame a RB from trying to get paid. they dont have very many years.

Yes, I can blame him. As you state, he got his money, now he must live up to his end of the agreement. When you buy a car, the bank doesn't threaten to take it back a month after you put 20% down because, 'its worth more than your monthly payment'. Al Haynesworth got $42M in the first 2 years of his contract. His base salary is now pretty small. Should he hold out now because he should be making about $10M per year but is probably getting less than half? Should he ignore the $42M from the last 14 months?

I get all that, Haynesworth situation aside because it's pretty much apples and oranges here.

Reality is different in the NFL. These guys sign slotted rookie contracts and pretty much already have their contracts predetermined. That's why I couldn't understand why so many people were talking about Revis the same way "OMG HONOR YOUR CONTRACT, YOU SIGNED IT". He didn't have a choice. You get what you get and then either outplay or underplay the contract. Sometimes teams take losses on guys that play under their deals -- do they pay the team back? No... again, that's just the reality of this business.

As a business-minded, entrepreneurial kind of guy, I've never had a problem with someone trying to make more money than they currently are. When it really affects the team, when a guy is holding out, then it's a problem. But if Lynch's wishes are to redo his contract then I really don't understand why that's an issue. He wouldn't want 9 mil a year, but probably closer to 2-4 and that's likely reasonable for his talent level (assuming health). Maybe he gets a contract, maybe he doesn't ... that's not the point. Him *wanting* a new contract is fine. It's how he reacts to possibly not getting one that ultimately matters.