March 13, 200422 yr Chiefs Decline to Match Bears Offer Congratulations Jerry! This is a pretty sweet signing, and this really improves our O-Line. Kruetz, Tucker, and Tait, along with Gandy and one more. NOt a bad O-Line, especially with the depth behind them.
March 13, 200422 yr If he does not play LT this signing blows wasted money 101. “We have decided not to match the offer sheet for John Tait from the Chicago Bears,” Peterson commented. “Specifically, the cap number of $11,585,000 in that offer sheet for 2004 would cost almost 15 percent of our cap room for this season. We believe that cap number is too excessive for the services of one player. Through this offer sheet, John and his agent have asked for more compensation than our two nine-time Pro Bowl offensive linemen, our five-time Pro Bowl tight end, our three-time Pro Bowl running back and our starting quarterback, who also made the Pro Bowl this season. I do not see the love affair.
March 13, 200422 yr If he does not play LT this signing blows wasted money 101. “We have decided not to match the offer sheet for John Tait from the Chicago Bears,” Peterson commented. “Specifically, the cap number of $11,585,000 in that offer sheet for 2004 would cost almost 15 percent of our cap room for this season. We believe that cap number is too excessive for the services of one player. Through this offer sheet, John and his agent have asked for more compensation than our two nine-time Pro Bowl offensive linemen, our five-time Pro Bowl tight end, our three-time Pro Bowl running back and our starting quarterback, who also made the Pro Bowl this season. I do not see the love affair. Love affair. No. But the greater picture is one of two teams in completely different salary cap situations. The Bears with 10's of MIllions of dollars available, and the chiefs with around 5mil, are hardly comparable. If the bears were forced to lose a player because thier salary demands would be too much, I'd expect a simillar release. The contracts is front-loaded too, so it's not like he is making 11.5 MIL a year... That is just this season, for the rest of his contract, he'll make significantly less, a much more reasonable number.
March 13, 200422 yr Love affair. No. But the greater picture is one of two teams in completely different salary cap situations. The Bears with 10's of MIllions of dollars available, and the chiefs with around 5mil, are hardly comparable. If the bears were forced to lose a player because thier salary demands would be too much, I'd expect a simillar release. The contracts is front-loaded too, so it's not like he is making 11.5 MIL a year... That is just this season, for the rest of his contract, he'll make significantly less, a much more reasonable number. JT is not worthy to be the top RT in the game salary wise.
March 13, 200422 yr Yes the Bears over paid but in this case, but they had to. Tait was one of the best OL out there to get. If they didn't overpay, the Chiefs would have matched and the Bears would have been SOL.
March 13, 200422 yr Yes the Bears over paid but in this case, but they had to. Tait was one of the best OL out there to get. If they didn't overpay, the Chiefs would have matched and the Bears would have been SOL. exactly what I was going to say, quality signing.
March 13, 200422 yr Author JT is not worthy to be the top RT in the game salary wise. But again, that's what they had to do. They had to frontload the contract because of KC's salary troubles this season. Angelo really couldn't have approached it any other way. Screw baseball season, let's get to football! Just kidding, lol.
March 13, 200422 yr Whenever I see tait... i can only think of the word "Taint" otherwise known as the space between the scrotum and the anus.
March 13, 200422 yr Whenever I see tait... i can only think of the word "Taint" otherwise known as the space between the scrotum and the anus. Yea wasn't that in an SNL skit, the man with no taint?
March 13, 200422 yr I love the Tait signing. I know we need a LT more than a RT, but Tait is pretty damn good. I know Gibson was good for us this year, but Tait is much better and better fits the offensive scheme we're gonna use. Also, I really hope that the Bears sign Ephraim Salaam so that way our OL (at least both OT's and C) is set for many years to come. Lastly, if we have any money left over, although I don't think we will have much if we do, we should try to sign John Lynch or Warren Sapp if no one else gives them big $$$.
March 13, 200422 yr I love the Tait signing. I know we need a LT more than a RT, but Tait is pretty damn good. I know Gibson was good for us this year, but Tait is much better and better fits the offensive scheme we're gonna use. Also, I really hope that the Bears sign Ephraim Salaam so that way our OL (at least both OT's and C) is set for many years to come. Lastly, if we have any money left over, although I don't think we will have much if we do, we should try to sign John Lynch or Warren Sapp if no one else gives them big $$$. Bears only have 3 mil left and if they sign Salaam no way anyone else is signing.
March 13, 200422 yr If he does not play LT this signing blows wasted money 101. “We have decided not to match the offer sheet for John Tait from the Chicago Bears,” Peterson commented. “Specifically, the cap number of $11,585,000 in that offer sheet for 2004 would cost almost 15 percent of our cap room for this season. We believe that cap number is too excessive for the services of one player. Through this offer sheet, John and his agent have asked for more compensation than our two nine-time Pro Bowl offensive linemen, our five-time Pro Bowl tight end, our three-time Pro Bowl running back and our starting quarterback, who also made the Pro Bowl this season. I do not see the love affair. The $11+ million figure is dceiving...it includes a $3mil bonus IF a running back on Tait's team leads the league in rushing...a possibility with Priest Holmes, nut much of a chance with Thomas Jones!!! The Bears (wisely) put that in to discourage the Chiefs.
March 13, 200422 yr I wouldn't be surprised if the Bears redo his contract now that they have Tait. I believe they can do that now to free up more cap room to make other signings.
March 13, 200422 yr Whenever I see tait... i can only think of the word "Taint" otherwise known as the space between the scrotum and the anus. damn I thought that was called the choda. Isn't that where trey parker got Choda Boy from in Orgazmo?
March 13, 200422 yr damn I thought that was called the choda. Isn't that where trey parker got Choda Boy from in Orgazmo? A chode is different than a taint.
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