Atlanta Falcons Pro Bowl wide receiver Roddy White is subject to $17,000 daily fines after not showing up for training camp tonight.
White is now officially a holdout after skipping a team meeting.
And White’s agent, Jonathan Feinsod, confirmed White’s absence in an interview with D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The Falcons have been discussing a contract extension with White, but no deal is believed to be imminent as he heads into the final year of a five-year contract. He’s due a $2.28 million salary this season.
White has emerged as an important figure in the Falcons’ offense, catching 88 passes for 1,382 yards and seven touchdowns last season.
And, now, he wants to be paid for his hefty production.
He was a bust the last 3 years, has one good year, and now wants to get paid more money for unproven future performance?
Hold your ground, Atlanta. This dude has no leverage, let’s see him try to get what he thinks he deserves from another team-won’t happen.
You haven’t really arrived in Atlanta……..Til some multi millionaire in a designer suit with a clark gable mustache wheels you around in a wheelchair looking like a total jackass…….After paying you say…….Oh a 37 million dollar bonus………hold out Roddy
Crap. He’s one of my starting wideouts (along with Calvin Johnson) on my keeper league fantasy team. I was hoping he would play hungry in a contract year.
Well, hell, Falcons: sign him. A cash-laden White is better than NO White.
He also had 83 catches for 1,202 yards and 6 TDs in 2007… with 3 different QBs (Byron Leftwich, Joey Harrington, Chris Redman) throwing the ball to him.
Given his production in 2007 and 2008, he’s worth a new contract.
Yellow Ledbetter was a good song.
Pay the man. This guy is the top 5 receiver that the Falcons need to make a legit run.
LOL @ Roddy White being called a “bust” his first three years in Atlanta. Mike Vick could have made “busts” out of Jerry Rice and Chris Carter.
+1 rolltide nice point
This Organization is known for doing the right thing with player contracts. Roddy is a great player who will get paid and will be in camp soon.
I’ve been a Falcons fan for 35 years and I know exactly what is going to happen. He will hold out 2 weeks, get 20-25 mill garanteed, then tear his acl/mcl in week 1 or 2. Its our life. We live it every two years.
This is very dissappointing news…who the F does he think he is?!?!? Yes he is one of the premier wide-outs in the league, but WTF? I think he is afraid of having a sub-par season with Michael Jenkins on one side, Tony G in the middle and Harry D in the slot!!! Not to mention Jerious catching balls out of the backfield. If we didn’t sign Tony, none of this would be happening!!!
Let me repeat…
IF WE DIDN’T SIGN TONY GONZALES, THIS WOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE!!!!!!
Yo Roddy…F U if you don’t want to be part of the most potent offense in the league! We don’t need you and your cockiness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dare I say, “roddy poo, CANDY ASS!”
So, so disappointing. Don’t give Roddy jack sh!t until well after he returns from his unauthorized hiatus and puts up some grade A stats this coming season. If he continues a lengthy holdout bring in ALL the unemployed wideout veterans out there for a tryout,ready to contribute to a winning program. Give Marvin Harrison a shot. If we can swing it trade the rights to Roddy White for Anquan Boldin, via a couple of new lucrative sign-and-trade deals. Don’t give in to this ingrate’s unnecessary behavior. He will make amends, or get lost.
FALCONS,ATLANTA,MATT RYAN LOVERS SUCK,
The falcons are poised for a disappointing year. The defense is gonna be weak and Matt Ryan is gonna struggle now that team defenses are circling him on the schedule…
SaintsPanthersBucsSukk jumped right off that Roddy White bandwagon didn’t he.
Loser
He is a Top 5 receiver. The Falcons needs to pay him as such.
That, plus the fact that he have a natural synergy with Matt Ryan. I have seen him catch some downright horrible passes from Ryan- salvaging his rookie mistakes. So Matt needs him in camp.
Right now, I’m getting skiddish about the Falcons. Can they put together another winning season? Can they stay healthy? This holdout may be a foretelling of things to come.
I don’t know who this “SaintsPanthersBucsSukk” person is, but he “zounds” like one fine individual, a gentleman akin to “myzhelf”, a true diamond in the “ruff”. Roddy White can still redeem himself of his bad behavior, there’s no excuse for holding out for a contract extension. I’d hate to think this agent of his, Jonathan Feinsod, put him up to this, to make a name for himself. Sure, it’s already August 1, but this situation will be handled appropriately by Thomas Dimitroff and his staff and whatever is best for the team will be done.
GO FALCONS!