Tony Gonzalez To Atlanta

[SorthNarolina]

Got to loooove the homers, bashing anything our rivals do, even if it makes sense in the short term.

I was about to say the same thing, everybody's pretending a HoF TE isn't going to make a difference

He's still got plenty left in the tank folks

[rodeo]

33 isn't that old for a position that doesn't really rely on speed.

[Panthro]

Wesley Walls played for us until he was 36

[Ransack]

Yeah really. That's 18 more receptions, 363 yards less, and 67% more TD's than ..... Steve Smith.

Leave it to a Panther fan to compare a TE to a WR....

[Phil Dees]

Leave it to a Panther fan to compare a TE to a WR....

Dude I was agreeing with you. That TE everybody is bashing had receiving stats almost as good (if not better) than that WR.

Learn to comprehend.

[Scrumtrilescent]

Gonzalez, Gates, Scheffler, and Shockey totally killed us last year.

[Ransack]

Dude I was agreeing with you. That TE everybody is bashing had receiving stats almost as good (if not better) than that WR.

Learn to comprehend.

Yeah i need to read slower next time... i brushed over it and shot from the hip. My bad.

[Montsta]

You guys have valid points. Maybe he will contribute. Maybe he won't. But in my personal opinion, I'm not too worried about him being in ATL. I would be much more worried about a division rival getting some of the younger talent that was previously available, that's all.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

You guys have valid points. Maybe he will contribute. Maybe he won't. But in my personal opinion, I'm not too worried about him being in ATL. I would be much more worried about a division rival getting some of the younger talent that was previously available, that's all.

Yup, it would suck to see them pick up a really good young talent. Like a solid 2nd rounder

[Fireball77]

I think it's a good move for both sides.

Funny that Peterson could never get a second rounder for Gonzo when he was the GM. I know that's what they were supposedly holding out for that and one team (GB I think) was willing to give up a third which is what I think Gonzales says was promised would be the level sought when he asked for a trade before but KC went back on it according to him.

[Montsta]

Yup, it would suck to see them pick up a really good young talent. Like a solid 2nd rounder

Agreed. That's my point. I think for a young team that has a lot of core young talent, you need all the low round draft picks you can get to build a young nucleus. I'm sure he may come in and make a difference, but I think when you've got a rookie QB and a really young HB, in Ryan and Turner, you could get someone solid for years for the O-Line in the 2nd rounder.

[CatMan72]

I have complete understanding and to just dismiss this as a salary cap move is laughable. For a 34 year old douchey QB a salary cap move is a 2-3 extension with a helluva lot less then 20 million owed. Especially after he poo the bed.

I would love to hear what your "solution" at QB would be... no wait, I wouldn't because it would probably be as unreasonable and ridiculous as your opinion on most everything else... LOL

You clearly don't understand why spreading out 45 million over 5 years is cheaper then spreading it out over 2 or 3 years. You also clearly don't understand why they would make half the contract guaranteed money. I feel sad for you.

[CatMan72]

IRONY

Making fun of a team that traded for a 33 year old HOF TE when their team just signed their mediocre 34 year old QB to a 5/42 million dollar deal...

IRONY...

Criticizing a cap-strapped team for signing their starting QB to an extension because you don't understand how the salary cap works.

Okay, that's not really ironic - it's just pathetic.

[CatMan72]

Agreed. That's my point. I think for a young team that has a lot of core young talent, you need all the low round draft picks you can get to build a young nucleus. I'm sure he may come in and make a difference, but I think when you've got a rookie QB and a really young HB, in Ryan and Turner, you could get someone solid for years for the O-Line in the 2nd rounder.

Right now he's better than any TE they have on the roster, so the move makes sense from that perspective, but it's a short-term fix at the cost of drafting a young player in the 2nd round that could be a long-term solution.

Just ask the Skins how this approach works out.