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FROM PFT
FROM PFT
GIANTS WANNA VONTA
Adam Schefter of NFL Network reports that the Giants have signed Texans fullback Vonta Leach, a restricted free agent, to an offer sheet.
Per Schefter, it's a four-year deal worth $8 million, with $1.6 million in guaranteed money.
The Texans have seven days to decide whether to match the offer. If they choose not to meet the terms, the Texans will receive nothing in return because Leach was undrafted and received the low tender of $850,000.
For only $450,000 more in 2007 salary, the Texans could have tendered Leach at a level that would have given them a second-round pick as compensation.
It's unclear whether the offer sheet contains a poison pill, but based on the overall magnitude of the package it's unlikely. And we continue to be amazed by the fact that no one has inserted a poison pill into any of the restricted free agent offer sheets tendered to date.
But not everyone is surprised. As one league insider opined to us over the weekend, "There is definitely collusion" among the various NFL teams regarding this issue. The speculation in this regard (and we must emphasize that it's only speculation) is that the NFL management council is putting out the word to the teams not to use the poison pill, which technically represents a valid device for promoting player movement.
Adam Schefter of NFL Network reports that the Giants have signed Texans fullback Vonta Leach, a restricted free agent, to an offer sheet.
Per Schefter, it's a four-year deal worth $8 million, with $1.6 million in guaranteed money.
The Texans have seven days to decide whether to match the offer. If they choose not to meet the terms, the Texans will receive nothing in return because Leach was undrafted and received the low tender of $850,000.
For only $450,000 more in 2007 salary, the Texans could have tendered Leach at a level that would have given them a second-round pick as compensation.
It's unclear whether the offer sheet contains a poison pill, but based on the overall magnitude of the package it's unlikely. And we continue to be amazed by the fact that no one has inserted a poison pill into any of the restricted free agent offer sheets tendered to date.
But not everyone is surprised. As one league insider opined to us over the weekend, "There is definitely collusion" among the various NFL teams regarding this issue. The speculation in this regard (and we must emphasize that it's only speculation) is that the NFL management council is putting out the word to the teams not to use the poison pill, which technically represents a valid device for promoting player movement.
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