ESPN's John Clayton reported last night the money pool available to each team to sign this year's draft picks. The Jets have the 10th-highest figure, with $4,903,030 available to sign their six draft picks. Kansas City, by comparison, has the largest pool money – $8,221,790 to sign their 12 picks. Keep in mind as various picks get signed, those figures available to teams can be circumvented, to a degree, by inserting various incentives and roster bonuses into contracts. Most of these negotiations won't begin in earnest for another few weeks.
Also, in Newsday today, Bob Glauber writes about Matt Walsh and the tapes he has turned over to the league. There, apparently, is no smoking gun, no walkthrough before the Super Bowl victory over the Rams, nothing more than what the NFL had already punished the Patriots for [though the original punishment should have been harsher]. Walsh will still meet next week with Roger Goodell but Spygate is dying a natural death.
Hopefully dying with it will be the practice of affixing “gate” at the end of every controversy. We’ve had "Spygate" in the NFL and the NBA had "Ref-gate," and most recently the presidential campaign brought us “Bittergate.” It's annoying and lazy on the part of the media, and not particularly creative. Enough.
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Clayton says this, Glauber says that.... sheesh Boland.... you landed one cake assignment, didn'tcha?
Darrell, Darrell, Darrell...trust me, I wish there was a lot going on right now. Hey, at least there's some OTA availability next week.
This Is Garbage Erik. Thanks For Giving Us So Much Interesting Facts.....NoT
just bustin' on ya' bud. How's that old song go... money for nuthin' and the chicks for free...
heh I love how people start hating as soon as the news day lightens up. In case you guys haven't noticed, even ESPN's NFL page hasn't updated in 3 days.
give me a break. if theres no huge breaking news, erik could always dig up something and theres ALWAYs something to write about. look at thejetsblog.com and then you will c how they find things to write about. unlike erik
Erik got the Ohio State coach to say that Vernon Gholston beat up on Jake Long, sending Dolphins fans everywhere into a blistering rage. For that alone he deserves a little breathing room.
You guys should ease up on Erik. It ain't easy gettin' up at the crack of noon every day to see what everybody else has written about the Jets and then cut and paste all that stuff. Whooo... I'm gettin' tired just thinkin' about it.
Erik - good stuff - it's nice to have a younger, fresh view beat writing for the jets. But honestly - what about the impending Baker-Gate?
Wow! A lotta stufffff going on here...
Looking forward to next week's OTAs.
Hey Erik, what do you suppose the Jets will have to shell out for their top 2 picks? Do you think that they'll try to get 5 year deals?
Wow, tough crowd.
Don't want to stir up a hornet's nest here, but Erik has been on the job for less than a month. And in that time, he has already produced some quality work.
So how about we give the guy until ... oh ... like, a training camp practice or two before piling on.
Erik is a good reporter, folks. He "gets it." You will get your money's worth on the Jets' beat in Newsday.
Big A, Tough to speculate on the exact dollar figures those two first-rounders will demand because this year's market hasn't been established yet. The more important question was your second one, which related to contract length, though more specifically to Gholston than Keller. Teams that picked in the top 16 are allowed to sign players for a maximum of six years but last year's trend among those picks was five-year deals. Darrelle Revis eventually ended his holdout last year by signing a six-year deal, but it was a complex contract that can void after four years.
And Darrell, "crack of noon," is priceless, if not somewhat accurate.
erik, lol, ur pathetic......i want my jets info!.....yeah u can call me obsessed
What info, Mike? Is there news breaking somewhere that none of the rest of us know about? This time of year just is what it is...
Erik, thanks for the info. Crack of noon, huh? Nice...
Wow,
This has go to be the most exciting Comment board I've ever seen. The worst part is there is NO real information attached! Maybe Erik could get us some shoe sizes of the new guys!
Yeah There is News Breaking All Over The Place!!......you just need To Produce It!
Just make some stuff up, Erik. Everybody does it.
Cimini makes up stuff all the time. Try it out Erik, I could be fun...
as for the 'crack of noon'... thank you, thank you, please remember to tip your bartenders and pleeeeeze... try the veal.
Erick:
Don't listen to these guys, they're probably still drunk from last season
hank/ naples,
I resent that remark! I am not still drunk from last year, i'm starting to get drunk for this year!