UPDATE: CB Will Johnson signs rookie contract

[BACH]

Right. None of us know what’s really happening. All we really know:

Cardinals history: cheap and not a top flight organization

Johnson: played cornerback at Michigan and was disappointed to drop to second round.

I know which way the logic would point while we are all GUESSING where fault MAY lay.

I would add that I do not believe the Cardinals franchise history and obvious flaws of ownership has any impact on how MO has handled contracts - especially rookie deals over the last 3 years.

But you are correct. None of us know what is the hold-up.
Could be Johnson.
Could be Bidwill going back to his old ways.

Most likely IMO is that the Bengals not following the new baseline for garanteed money with #49 Knight opened the door for more discussions and it takes more time.

 

[oaken1]

Not a GOOD agent. A GOOD agent doesn’t want other agents and players setting the market for their player. A GOOD agent wants to SET the market.

perhaps. Lots of these guys want to "re" set the market.
But it has become standard O.P. for 2nd round picks to be the last to fall...agents routinely wait until the guys around their guy sign..
with our guy, the player just in front and the player just behind have now both been signed...so its easy enough to split the difference between those two contracts.


for the sake of argument I would hazard there are very few "Good" NFL agents...by my standards anyway. I believe in Right and Fair...and as an agent would fight to get the best and most that was right and fair for my client. sometimes that might involve telling my client that despite his ego he is in fact "Not" the best damn WR on the planet and does not deserve to be paid like he is. However, He "IS" better than JoeBob and BillyBob, who both got "X" trazillion dollars last year...and then the salary cap went up 12 percent....so I am thinking "X Trazillion dollars plus 15 percent"...but not X Trazillion dollars plus 50 percent.
Greed has never been a part of my makeup, but ethics has. which is why even though I really love cars, and I love the sales process...I have never gone into car sales. Greed and poor ethics run amok in that business and I just cant bring myself to participate.
So, I dunno...maybe I would make an absolute shyte sports agent, lol....but I just think both sides should be working to an agreement that is mutually beneficial while being fair and morally correct.

 

[oaken1]

The lack of self awareness of this post doing exactly the same thing is flat out outstanding.

Maybe a change of screen name to... " I, Ronny"

 

[TJ]

Ahh memories

Cards coach Green lashes out at Leinart, QB's holdout

Arizona Cardinals coach Dennis Green has lost his patience with rookie Matt Leinart and his contract holdout.

www.espn.com

 

[BullheadCardFan]

Not a GOOD agent. A GOOD agent doesn’t want other agents and players setting the market for their player. A GOOD agent wants to SET the market.

This

 

[Stout]

And that is an absolutely fair opinion.

But where is the respect for posters that doesn’t share that view?

Suckers will be suckers? lol

 

[BACH]

Suckers will be suckers? lol

That goes both ways…

 

[az jam]

Johnny Venerable

There are currently three 2025 draft picks that remain unsigned: Shemar Stewart (public holdout from team) Quinshon Judkins (arrested on July 12th) and Will Johnson.

 

[Stout]

That goes both ways…

Not really. The team has shown absolutely nothing to warrant blind faith. Defending THIS franchise no matter what will never be a good look.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

you can't spell playoffs without the pay

 

[Chopper0080]

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Bro definitely needs to sign a contract. He can't even afford a shirt.

 

[Adrian]

Don’t want to be a tease but headlines says we’re close to signing him but the articles doesn’t mention it.

 

[Adrian]

Found it.

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[TruColor]

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[football karma]

its kinda Cardinal MO these days

they wait till they walk into the building for one reason or another

 

[PDXChris]

Remaining un-singed picks. Stewart and Judkins could be in for long wait.

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[MadCardDisease]

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There we go.

 

[az jam]

K-9 was right. Nothing to worry about.

 

[kerouac9]

Now we can transition to gushing about how he locked out a future personal trainer in the second quarter of a preseason game

 

[Harry]

I'm pretty sure they are slotted by the CBA.

They are not controlled by CBA. Typically nothing happens until the 33rd & 34th contracts are signed. The others work their way down from there by negotiation. Some are guaranteed, but that’s strictly by individual teams bargaining.

 

[oaken1]

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Before the start of camp. as predicted. Now that much ado about nothing he proven out lets get ready for some FOOTBALL!!!!!

 

[Shane]

its kinda Cardinal MO these days

they wait till they walk into the building for one reason or another

Fake news

 

[BACH]

Not really. The team has shown absolutely nothing to warrant blind faith. Defending THIS franchise no matter what will never be a good look.

Sorry. Must have missed the memo, that you are the one dictating what other posters should believe.

 

[kerouac9]

They are not controlled by CBA. Typically nothing happens until the 33rd & 34th contracts are signed. The others work their way down from there by negotiation. Some are guaranteed, but that’s strictly by individual teams bargaining.

So I learned something today. The league gives teams a rookie pool number based on their selections, and then the teams locate the negotiation range based on the prior year's selection in the same slot and the increase in the rookie pool.

 

[BullheadCardFan]

About stinking time