Failcons Intrested In Trading For Asante Samuel

[panthers55]

I am hearing from NFL Sirius that the trade to Atlanta is likely and that if they tear up his contract and give him a 4 year deal for 15 million guaranteed and almost all of it is doled out down the road, you could have a cap hit of only 2 million this year. He would take it because he gets 15 million guaranteed which is a lot more than he gets if he stays which is likely being cut.

Unless he doesn't want to play for McDermott I wonder why we aren't considering this deal unless we are looking down the road and figuring we don't want to pay 15 million to rent him for a year or two. Atlanta may see that they are stuck with Grimes this year once he signed the tag but getting Samuels allows them to dump him next year and are willing to pay the money on a short rental for Samuels and this will force Grimes to sign a long term deal.

[jtm]

We have gone young and Samuels isn't young and isn't one if our "own."

[heyyall]

This is bad.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

This is bad.

bringing in a quality free agent defensive lineman, trading for one, or drafting one would be worse.

that blue chip secondary of theirs will look fantastic pile jumping on running backs fifteen yards downfield.

[Ja Rhule]

Samuel to Atlanta is a done deal.