February 28, 201115 yr comment_89380 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/...tricted-tender/ Report
February 28, 201115 yr comment_89381 If we lose him he will go on to be successful somewhere else IMO....I hope we keep him. Report
March 2, 201115 yr comment_89466 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/...tricted-tender/ Thanks for posting that. I read the Times and the Trib today, and I missed that nugget. I'm wondering how much of a better offer Manning will get then 3 years 6 million . . . Report
March 2, 201115 yr Author comment_89478 I'm not imagining he'll get a significantly better offer... Thanks for posting that. I read the Times and the Trib today, and I missed that nugget. I'm wondering how much of a better offer Manning will get then 3 years 6 million . . . Report
March 2, 201115 yr comment_89481 I'm not imagining he'll get a significantly better offer... Here's betting that he will.... Report
March 3, 201115 yr comment_89532 Here's betting that he will.... Yeah, I'd bet that he would, too. Several teams out there could use a strong safety who can cover (Houston, Jacksonville, Seattle, San Francisco) and a bunch more teams would be interested in a difference-making kick returner (Houston again, Miami, Green Bay, Indianapolis) who can also contribute as a nickel DB. For a team like Houston, he'd kill two birds with one stone. They obviously weren't happy with Bernard Pollard in coverage, and Manning can cover better than that guy. Plus they need to upgrade from Steve Slaton on kick returns, and Manning's a way better KR than Slaton. On top of all that, Manning offers one thing that very, very few safeties can: durability. The guy's only missed 3 games in 5 seasons as a pro. How many other safeties on the market can say that? If I were the Texans and Manning hit the market, I'd definitely shell out more than 3 years, $6 million to get him. I would think he could draw something more like 5 years/$30 million (about what Kerry Rhodes got,) with maybe $15 million guaranteed and structured so a team can cut him after the next-to-last year (when he'll be 32) if he's in decline by then. Paying $3 million a year (in guaranteed money) to fill two major needs with a proven, durable player who's still got several good years left? That's a no-brainer. Report
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