Everyone available in Oakland??

[turok]

Wish that the Lions could have acquired a couple more picks for next year's draft...Ansah and Tate will likely walk after this season, and no extra picks resulting. Deadline looms too close anyway, and Ziggy's trade value hasn't exactly increased.

 

[turok]

Apple was terrible last night.....but Julio Jones will do that to a corner.

Most Giants fans are probably very happy that he's gone...from reading Big Blue View's comment threads from this and last season, he wasn't exactly the Apple of their Eli.

 

[boogerlovejoy]

If they were to do that then they'd probably need to overpay this off season for Ansah's replacement since they won't be able to draft one in the 1st.

Young options could be Dante Fowler, Demarcus Lawerence, or Frank Clark.

Frank Clark?s numbers are very similar to Khalil Mack?s. Probably cost 1/2 of Mack?s contract.

 

[tomdalton22]

Frank Clark?s numbers are very similar to Khalil Mack?s. Probably cost 1/2 of Mack?s contract.

I doubt you could get him for 1/2 of Mack's contract. He is going to want close to Mack money.

From a recent ESPN article.


http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/25057614/frank-clark-seattle-seahawks-no-hurry-deal-agent-says

With a growing r?sum? and an insurance policy in his back pocket, Seattle Seahawks defensive end Frank Clark is willing to wait as he tries to secure a deal that makes him one of the NFL's highest-paid pass-rushers -- even if it means playing on the franchise tag first.

Clark's agent, Erik Burkhardt, made that clear in an interview with ESPN on Monday. While Burkhardt declined to get into specifics of what Clark is looking for, he shed plenty of light on how their side is approaching what has become the Seahawks' most pressing contract question, saying Clark isn't interested in settling for a deal right now.

"I have had several very productive and positive talks with the Seahawks," Burkhardt said. "Frank loves it there and believes they'll continue to produce as one of the NFL's dominant defenses even with the departure of many great players. ... Seattle has been very good to him. They've believed in him from the beginning and they've continued to help develop him.

"But the financial goal for players in every major sport now is to get to free agency. It often baffles me how some of these agents do early deals just for the sake of doing a deal. I know that it's football and injury risks are very real, but there's insurance policies to protect players' downsides and risks, along with other measures that we put in place to protect our guys. Just to do an early deal for the sake of doing an early deal doesn't excite us, especially for a guy like Frank who's already a dominant pass-rusher in this league and is just scratching the surface of what he will be."

 

[boogerlovejoy]

I doubt you could get him for 1/2 of Mack's contract. He is going to want close to Mack money.

From a recent ESPN article.


http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/25057614/frank-clark-seattle-seahawks-no-hurry-deal-agent-says

With a growing r?sum? and an insurance policy in his back pocket, Seattle Seahawks defensive end Frank Clark is willing to wait as he tries to secure a deal that makes him one of the NFL's highest-paid pass-rushers -- even if it means playing on the franchise tag first.

Clark's agent, Erik Burkhardt, made that clear in an interview with ESPN on Monday. While Burkhardt declined to get into specifics of what Clark is looking for, he shed plenty of light on how their side is approaching what has become the Seahawks' most pressing contract question, saying Clark isn't interested in settling for a deal right now.

"I have had several very productive and positive talks with the Seahawks," Burkhardt said. "Frank loves it there and believes they'll continue to produce as one of the NFL's dominant defenses even with the departure of many great players. ... Seattle has been very good to him. They've believed in him from the beginning and they've continued to help develop him.

"But the financial goal for players in every major sport now is to get to free agency. It often baffles me how some of these agents do early deals just for the sake of doing a deal. I know that it's football and injury risks are very real, but there's insurance policies to protect players' downsides and risks, along with other measures that we put in place to protect our guys. Just to do an early deal for the sake of doing an early deal doesn't excite us, especially for a guy like Frank who's already a dominant pass-rusher in this league and is just scratching the surface of what he will be."

Didn?t ACTUALLY mean half. But he won?t get a Mack type deal.

 

[tomdalton22]

Didn?t ACTUALLY mean half. But he won?t get a Mack type deal.

It doesn't really matter. I doubt the Seahawks just let him walk. They will likely franchise him.

 

[inkfreq]

Most Giants fans are probably very happy that he's gone...from reading Big Blue View's comment threads from this and last season, he wasn't exactly the Apple of their Eli.

Apple is the second most liked "Eli" on the Giants roster, so that tell you how much they value him right now.

 

[Mitchrapp]

GM fired from Raiders.